La Vie parisienne (OEK critical edition)
(Pariser Leben) (1866/67/73)Opéra-bouffe in five or four acts
Duration: 180'
Music Text
Libretto von Henri Meilhac und Ludovic Halévy; originale dt. Fassung von Karl Treumann; neue dt. Übersetzung von Stefan Troßbach; neue engl. Übersetzung von Richard Duployen (frz., dt., engl.)
Scoring
6S,2M,7T,B; speaking roles; chorus;
2(II=picc).1.2.1-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-strings;
Viennese orchestration: 2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-strings
Abbreviations (PDF)
Opera
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Publisher
B&B
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
in der ganzen Welt.
Availability
Uraufführung
31/10/1866
Palais-Royal, Paris
unknown
Erstaufführung der Fassung
31/03/2001
Vasan Theatre, Stockholm
Edmund Gleede / Hakan Bjerking, director / Royal Swedish Opera / Peter Schmelzer
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Fouchécourt / Bou / Garcia / Naouri / Callahan / Wesseling
Sebastien Rouland, cond. / directed by Laurent Pelly (Opéra de Lyon, 2007)
EMI/Virgin DVD 6525112
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