Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal
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| Title: | Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal |
Title page of the libretto, Paris 1798 |
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| Shape: | Opéra-comique in two acts |
| Original language: | French |
| Music: | Pierre Gaveaux |
| Libretto : | Jean Nicolas Bouilly |
| Premiere: | February 19, 1798 |
| Place of premiere: | Théâtre Feydeau , Paris |
| Playing time: | approx. 2 ¼ hours |
| Place and time of the action: | a Spanish state prison near Seville |
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Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal is an opera-comique in two acts by Pierre Gaveaux (1798) based on the libretto by Jean Nicolas Bouilly . It was premiered on February 19, 1798 at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris .
orchestra
The orchestral line-up for the opera includes the following instruments:
- Woodwind : two flutes , two oboes , two clarinets , two bassoons
- Brass : two horns , two trumpets , two trombones
- Timpani
- Strings
Work history
With regard to the subject, Bouilly's work was the model for the composers Ferdinando Paër ( Leonora 1804) and Simon Mayr ( L'amor coniugale 1805). Joseph Sonnleithner submitted a translation of the original in German, which in turn inspired Ludwig van Beethoven to write his operas Leonore (1805, 1806) and Fidelio (1814).
It is unknown whether or rather unlikely that Beethoven knew the score of Gaveaux ' Léonore .
The opera was performed again for the first time in New York in 2017 and this production was recorded on phonograms.
Web links
- Léonore ou L'amour conjugal, Op.13 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Libretto (French), Paris 1798. Digitized at Google Books
- Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal (Pierre Gaveaux) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the edition of the score published by the Gaveaux brothers, the governor of the prison appears only in the list of persons, along with the details of the voice category and the name of the first performer; the musical scenes related to him are completely absent.
- ↑ Notated in the tenor clef instead of the usual alto clef.
- ↑ Actually not a vocal subject, but a role type: first (young) lover.
- ↑ Actually not a vocal subject, but a type of role: second (young) lover.
- ↑ Trial is an older French name for a character tenor, named after a famous representative of the field; notated in the tenor clef.
- ^ Klaus Hortschansky : Léonore ou L'Amour conjugal. In: Piper's Encyclopedia of Musical Theater . Volume 2: Works. Donizetti - Henze. Piper, Munich / Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-492-02412-2 , pp. 339-340.
- ↑ DVD information in the Online Merker, accessed on July 17, 2019.