2 solo soprano
voices/solo mezzo-soprano
voice/4 solo tenor
voices/2 solo baritone
voices/6 solo bass
voices/SSTTBB
choir/orchestra (2 Sop,
Mezz, 4Ten, 2 Bar, 6Bass
Solos, Mixed choir:
SSTTBB, Fl-Picc, 2 Fl, 2
Ob(2 EnglHn), 2
clarinet(clarinet-B), 2
tn, Op or Tb, Tim, Tr-B,
Be, Tr, Tri, Gl, 2 vln,
Vla, Cello, DB,
Buhnenmusik: 2 Fl, 2 Ob,
2 clar, 2 bsn, Tri)
SKU: BA.BA08703
Grand Opera in three
acts. Composed by
Edouard Lalo. Edited by
Hugh MacDonald, Paul
Prévost, and Vincent
Giroud. This edition:
complete edition, urtext
edition. Linen. L'Opera
francais. Complete
edition, Score.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA08703_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA08703).
ISBN
9790006530465. 33 x 27 cm
inches. Text Language:
French. Preface:
Prévost, Paul /
Macdonald,
Hugh.
Edouard Lalo
composed two operas:
“Le Roi d’Ys”
enjoyed considerable
success at its first
performance at the
Opera-Comique in 1888,
and it remained in the
repertory for many
years.
His other
opera, “Fiesque”, on
the other hand, had to
wait nearly 140 years
before it was performed
in a concert version in
Montpellier in 2006, and
then was finally
premiered on stage at the
National Theatre Mannheim
on 16 June
2007.
Fiesque is an
opera of action and
intrigue, set in Genoa in
1547 and based on
Schiller’s early drama
“Die Verschwörung des
Fiesco zu Genua”. The
historical Fiesco led a
conspiracy against the
ruling Doria family,
Doges of Genoa. The plot
revolves around
Fiesque’s love for
Julie, daughter of his
enemy Andreas Doria, and
his wife Lonore’s
bitter suspicion. Fiesque
is also opposed by
Verrina, an old fanatical
republican who distrusts
Fiesque’s commitment to
overthrowing the Dorias,
especially when his
involvement with
Doria’s daughter is
known. In the final act
the Dorias are
overthrown; the crowd
acclaims Fiesque and
Lonore in a triumphal
march, but Verrina
refuses to allow Fiesque
to assume supreme power
and throws him to his
death in the waters of
harbour.
Lalo’s invention is
remarkable, and the
orchestral writing is at
times powerful, at times
poignant. Its revival
adds a remarkable work to
the repertory of French
operas.
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