- Les fêtes vénitiennes
"Les fêtes vénitiennes" (English: "The Venetian Festivals") is an "
opéra-ballet " in a prologue and three acts by the French composerAndré Campra . Thelibretto is byAntoine Danchet . It was first performed at at theAcadémie royale de musique on17 June 1710 .Versions
For the premiere the prologue was entitled "Le triomphe de la folie sur la raison dans le temps du carnaval" and was followed by the three entrées: 1."La feste des barquerolles", 2."Les sérénades et les jouers", and 3."L'amour saltimbanque".
However during the course of the next four months Campra and Danchet experimented with a total of two prologues and seven entrées. For the performance on 10 October 1710, the prologue was entitled "Le carnaval dans Venise" and was followed by 1. "Les devins de la place St-Marc", 2."L'amour saltimbanque", 3. "L'opéra, ou le maître à chanter", 4. "Le bal, ou le maître à danser", and 5. "Les sérénades et les jouers".
Main roles
*Folly (
soprano ) Marie-Catherine Poussin
*Reason (soprano)
*Carnaval (bass)Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard
*Fortune (soprano) Françoise Dujardin
*Zélie (soprano)
*Léandre (bass)Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard
*Eraste (tenor ) (haute-contre ) Jacques Cochereau
*Filindo (bass)Charles Hardouin
*Léonore (soprano) Marie-Catherine Poussin
*Nérine (tenor) (haute contre) Louis Mantienne
*Amour (soprano) Dun
*Damire (bass) Jacques Cochereau
*Léontine (soprano)
*Adolphe (tenor) (haute-contre)
*Lucile 1 (soprano)
*Rudolphe (bass)
*Alamir (bass)
*Iphise (soprano)
*Thémir (tenor) (haute-contre)
*Isabelle (soprano) Françoise Journet
*Lucile 2 (soprano)
*Héraclite (bass)Charles Hardouin
*Démocrite (tenor) (haute-contre) Louis Mantienneources
*"The Viking Opera Guide" ed. Holden (Viking, 1993)
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/jean-claude.brenac/Cadre_baroque.htm Le magazine de l'opéra baroque]
* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=17&Mese=06&Anno=1710&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac]
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