Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold (1791 – 1833), better
known as Ferdinand Hérold, was a French operatic
composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces
for the piano, orchestra, and the ballet. He is best
known today for the ballet La fille mal gardée and the
overture to the opera Zampa.
Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre (Zampa, or the Marble
Bride) is an opéra comique in three acts by Ferdinand
Hérold. The libretto was written by
Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier de Mélésville ...(+)
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold (1791 – 1833), better
known as Ferdinand Hérold, was a French operatic
composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces
for the piano, orchestra, and the ballet. He is best
known today for the ballet La fille mal gardée and the
overture to the opera Zampa.
Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre (Zampa, or the Marble
Bride) is an opéra comique in three acts by Ferdinand
Hérold. The libretto was written by
Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier de Mélésville and was
first performed in Paris on May 3, 1831 at the
Opéra-Comique (Salle Ventadour), where it became
popular, achieving 500 performances by 1877. In the
20th century however, it faded from the repertoire. It
was also popular in Germany and Italy; in the latter
the spoken dialogue was replaced by recitatives. It was
first performed in the United States on 16 February
1833 at the Théâtre d'Orléans in New Orleans, and in
England on 19 April 1833 at the King's Theatre in
London. The opera was revived at the Opéra-Comique in
March 2008 under William Christie in a production by
Macha Makeïeff and Jérôme Deschamps.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_H%C3%A9rold).<
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Although originally created for Orchestra I created
this Interpretation of the Overture from the opera
Zampa for Flute & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).
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