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PERFORMANCE HISTORY Première, with first three ''entrés'' only, Paris , Académie Royale De Musique Et Danse 23 August 1735 , with Mlle Pélissier as Emilie, Mme Petitpas as Fatima, Mme Antier as Phani, Jelyotte as Valère and don Carlos, de Chasse as Huascar and Tribou as Tacmas. Dupré provided the choreography, danced by Mlles Mariette, LeBreton, Salle, and Messieurs Dupré, Maltayre, DuMoulin, Javillier and Corps de Ballet. Chéron conducted. Since the Third "''Entrée''", known as the ''Entrée des Fleurs'', did not please, this was revised after the fourth performance with Mlles Petipas as Fatima, Eremans as Atalide and Bourbonnais as Roxane, and Triadou as Tacmas. At the revival of 10 March 1736 , the 30th performance, a Fourth ''entrée'' was added, with Mme Pélissier as Zima, Jelyotte as Damon and Dun as don Alvar. The complete work was played for the 185th and last time in 1761 . Nevertheless, parts of it were revived from time to time: the Prologue in 1762 (20 performances) and 1771 (26 performances); the ''Entré des Incas'' in 1771 (11 performances) and the ''Entrée des Sauvages'' in 1773 (22 performances.) Thereafter, the Académie Royale (Paris Opéra) abandoned this work for 179 years. Nevertheless, the Opéra-Comique did mount the Third ''entrée'', the ''Entrée des Fleurs'', in a new orchestration by Paul Dukas , on 30 May 1925 , with Yvonne Brothier as Zaïre, Antoinette Reville as Fatima, Miguel Villabella as Tacmas and Emile Rousseau as Ali, Maurice Frigara conducting. Finally there was a reprise at the Opéra itself, the Salle Garnier of the Académie Nationale de Musique et Danse, with the Dukas orchestration supplemented for the other ''entrées'' by Henri Busser , the 186th performance, on 18 June 1952 , with décors by Arbus, Jacques Dupont, Wakhévitch, Carzou, Fost, Moulène and Chapelain-Midy for a mise-en-scène direction by the Académie's own director, Maurice Lehmann . In the 1st Entrée ("The Gracious Turc"), the lovely and adorable Jacqueline Brumaire sang Emilie, Jean Giraudeau was Valère and Huc-Santana (the Puerto-Rican baritone Hugo Santana) Osman. Dances were choreographed by the legendary André Aveline and danced by Mlle Bourgeois and M Legrand. In the 2nd Entrée, ("The Incas of Peru"), Marisa Ferrer was Phani, the elegant Georges Noré was don Carlos, and René Bianco was a rather gruff Huascar. Serge Lifar , no less, choreographed what he himself danced, unforgettably, with Vyroubova and Bozzoni. The 3rd Entrée, ("The Flowers") had Jeanine Michau as the unutterably elegant and seductive Fatima, side by side with Denise Duval as Zaïre! Giraudeau was totally eclipsed (literally!) as Tacmas and Jacques Jansen , the famous Pelléas, was Ali. Harald Lander choreographed this act, with Mlle Bardin as the Rose, Mlle Dayde as the Butterfly, Ritz as Zéphir and Renault as a Persian. The 4th Entrée, ("The Sauvages of America"), had the sexiest soprano ever seen at the Opéra, Mme Géorie-Boué , as Zima, with José Luccioni as a loud Adario, Raoul Jobin as a lumbering Damon and Roger Bourdin a dry-voiced don Alvar. Lifar again choreographed the dancing for this act, executed by Mlles Darsonval, Lafon and Guillot and Messieurs Kalioujny and Efimoff. Louis Fourestier conducted. There were no less than 246 performances of this gorgeous revival by the end of 1961 which finally included an imposing array of singers and dancers of all kinds. RôLES Hébé-Emilie-Zaïre-L' Amour-Phani-Fatime-Zima: Soprano Bellone-Osman-Huascar-Ali-Don Alvar: Baritone Valère-Don Carlos-Damon-Tacmas-Adario: Tenor SYNOPSIS Première Entrée: Le Turc généreux Osman sets free his captive, Emilie, whom he loves, so that she may be reunited with her former lover, Valère. Deuxième Entrée: Les Incas du Pérou Represents the rivalry of the Inca Huascar and the Spaniard Don Carlos, both in pursuit of Princess Phani. Wonderful eruption of a volcano is the central moment of this act. Troisième Entrée: Les Fleurs A Persian love intrigue, as the Sultana Fatima tries to detect whether her husband Tacmas has his eye on the lovely Atalide. Quatrième Entrée: Les Sauvages Set in North America, where a Spaniard and a Frenchman compete for the love of Zima, daughter of a native chief, who prefers, smart girl, one of her own people. RECORDINGS Both Camille Mauranne (Philips) and Gérard Souzay (DECCA) have left masterful recorded performances of Huascar's ''Invocation au Soleil'' (from the Peruvian ''Entrée''), a seminal piece in the history of French musical drama. Complete on compact disc: 1) Gerda Hartman, Jennifer Smith (sopranos); Louis Devos, John Elwes (tenors); Philippe Huttenlocher (baritone) Ensemble Vocal à Coeur-Joie de Valence Orchestre Jean-François Paillard, Valence
Recorded 1974 ERATO 4509-95310-2 2) Miriam Ruggeri (Soprano), Bernard Delétré (Bass), Howard Crook (Tenor), Nicolas Rivenq (Baritone), Noémi Rime (Soprano), Sandrine Piau (Soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor), Jérôme Corréas (Baritone), Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano), Claron McFadden (Soprano) Ensemble Les Arts Florissants
Harmonia Mundi 901367 Release Date: 12/1992 DDD 3CDs: 3 Hours 13 Mins. On video disc: Label: BBC/Opus Arte Catalog # 923 Valerie Gabail, Nicolas Cavallier, Patricia Petitbon, Paul Agnew, Jaël Azzaretti, Anna Maria Panzarella, Nicolas Rivenq Ensemble Les Arts Florissants
Release Date: 08/2005; 2 DVDs BIBLIOGRAPHY Wolff, Stéphane: ''L' Opéra au Palais Garnier, 1875-1962'' Paris, Entr'acte, 1962. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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