Le portefaix
Le portefaix (The Porter) (full title Le portefaix ou le jardinier de Grenade (The Porter, or the Gardener of Grenada)) is an
The opera was premiered on 16 June 1835 by the Opéra-Comique at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris with Jean-Baptiste Chollet and Jeanne-Emélie Belloste in the lead roles of Gasparillo and Teresita.[2][3]
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 16 June 1835[4] |
---|---|---|
Teresita | soprano | Jeanne-Emélie Belloste |
Helena | soprano | Geneviève-Aimé-Zoë Prévost |
Christina | soprano | Cécile Camoin |
Gasparillo | baritone | Jean-Baptiste Chollet |
Don Raphael | tenor | Etienne Thénard |
Don Ramiro | baritone | François-Louis Henry |
Le corrégidor | M. Victor | |
Soldiers, constables, valets in livery, porters, Spanish women and young girls |
References
- ^ Letellier (2014), 1
- ^ Wild, Nicole and Charlton, David (2005). Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris: répertoire 1762-1972, p. 369. Editions Mardaga (in French).
- ^ Le Ménestrel (28 June 1835). "Opéra-Comique", pp. 1; 4. Retrieved 6 September 2015 (in French).
- ^ Scribe, Eugène (1835). Le porte-faix. Mevrel (in French)
Sources
- Letellier, Robert (2014). Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots: An Evangel of Religion and Love. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443860840