La Vie parisienne (OEK critical edition)
(Pariser Leben) (1866/67/73)Opéra-bouffe in five or four acts
Duration: 180'
Music Text
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy; original German version by Karl Treumann; new German version by Stefan Troßbach; new English version by Richard Duployen (F,G,E)
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
Bote & Bock
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
31/10/1866
Palais-Royal, Paris
unknown
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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