Noé (opera)
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|---|---|
| Title: | Noah |
| Original title: | Noé |
| Original language: | French |
| Music: | Jacques Fromental Halévy |
| Libretto : | Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges |
| Literary source: | 1. Book of Moses |
| Premiere: | April 5, 1885 |
| Place of premiere: | Karlsruhe |
| Playing time: | 2½ hours |
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Noé ( Noah ) is an opera in three acts and was the last opera by composer Jacques Fromental Halévy .
The libretto is by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges , who also wrote the libretto for Halévy's first opera L'Artisan (1827). Noé is based on the biblical story of Noah .
Halévy worked at the opera in his final years (1858–1862). He left it unfinished, however, since the Paris Opera , which wanted to perform the work in the 1860 season , had postponed the work after viewing the score of the first four acts. Halévy's son-in-law Georges Bizet finally completed the opera, but could not win any other theater for a performance. Noé was first performed in Karlsruhe on April 5, 1885, about ten years after Bizet's death. The opera is also known as Le Déluge ( The Flood ), which Bizet suggested as an alternative.
Web links
- Production by Noé in Compiègne , 2004. A DVD video was produced from this.