Jean de Paris (Boieldieu)
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| Title: | John of Paris |
| Original title: | Jean de Paris |
Cathinka Buchwieser in the role of the "Princess of Navarra" in the Theater an der Wien in 1813 |
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| Shape: | Opéra-comique |
| Original language: | French |
| Music: | François-Adrien Boieldieu |
| Libretto : | Claude Godard D'Aucourt de Saint-Just |
| Premiere: | April 4, 1812 |
| Place of premiere: | Opéra-Comique , Paris |
| Place and time of the action: | an inn in the Pyrenees in the 17th century |
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Jean de Paris (German: Johann von Paris ) is an opera-comique in two acts by the French composer François-Adrien Boieldieu and the librettist Claude Godard D'Aucourt de Saint-Just .
history
His first performance , the work was on April 4, 1812 the Opéra-Comique in Paris and stood there until 1863 on the board. The opera was dedicated to the composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry . Jean de Paris was a great success for Boieldieu, who returned to the Paris opera stage in 1812 with this opéra-comique after seven years in Russia .
In the year of the premiere in Paris, Johann von Paris was also performed in various German translations in Germany and Austria. Ignaz Franz Castelli got his translation for the Theater am Kärntnertor ( Vienna ), Ignaz von Seyfried worked for the Theater an der Wien and the translation of Karl Alexander Herklots came on stage in Berlin .
This opera - and its subject matter - enjoyed great popularity, so that in 1818 a new setting by Francesco Morlacchi (music) and Felice Romani (libretto) was performed in Milan. In 1831 Gaetano Donizetti composed his Gianni di Parigi . In 1969 Ernst Gärtner, Arthur Scherle and Siegfried Köhler drafted their new version of Johann von Paris .
action
First act - place in front of the inn (in front of a wild mountain backdrop)
The Princess of Navarre travels to Paris to marry the Dauphin . Deep in the Pyrenees, an inn has been chosen to entertain the princess and her entourage. Everything is ready and waiting for the guest (choir “Don't delay, do your duty”). Disguised and under the name of Johann von Paris, the Dauphin travels to meet his bride and wants to meet her in this very tavern.
Oliviero, Johann's servant, arrives and demands board and lodging for his master (trio “Willkommen Herr Gastwirt”). The princess’s senior seneschal appears and announces her imminent arrival ( aria “Because we’re going to have to be obeyed here in the house”). But Johann von Paris, who arrived with him, insists on having certain privileges as the one who arrived earlier (quartet: Johann von Paris, Ober-Seneschal, Pedrigo, Lorezza “May a person dare to do something like that?”). The princess arrives at the inn (aria “What pleasure grants travel”). She is the only one who recognizes her bridegroom in Johann and wants to counter his ruse with another one. She therefore kindly accepts his invitation to a joint lunch.
Second act - place in front of the inn (later in the day)
After dinner, the two bride and groom sit together. Oliviero sings a romance (“The troubadour, proud of the love bond”) Johann von Paris joins in after the first stanza, the princess after the second. After this song, all those present gather and sing with the choir (“When castanets sound”). Thereupon Johann identifies himself as Dauphin and Bridegroom and everyone joins the final song “The beauty of fame and honor”.
literature
- François A. Boieldieu: Arias and chants from the Singspiel in two acts, Johann von Paris . Berlin 1820 (translated by Karl Alexander Herklots).
- François A. Boieldieu: John of Paris. Opera in 2 acts. With German and French texts . Zulehner, Eltville 1812 (piano reduction by Carl Zulehner ).
- François A. Boieldieu: Jean de Paris, Opéra Comique en deux Actes, Paroles de Monsieur de St. Just . Janet et Cotelle, Paris 1826.
- Leo Melitz: Guide through the operas . Globus-Verlag, Berlin 1914, pp. 143-144.
- Horst Seeger : Opera Lexicon . Heinrichshofen Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1987, ISBN 3-7959-0271-1 , p. 276.