The Canterbury Pilgrims (De Koven)
| The Canterbury Pilgrims | |
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Metropolitan Opera House |
The Canterbury Pilgrims is an opera by the American composer
war on Germany. The unfolding world events caused its cancellation after just five performances.[1] The libretto, written by Percy MacKaye, is loosely based on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 8 March 1917[2] (Conductor: Artur Bodanzky) |
|---|---|---|
| Chaucer | baritone | Johannes Sembach |
| Alisoun, The Wife of Bath | contralto | Margarethe Arndt-Ober |
| The Prioress | soprano | Edith Mason |
| The Squire | tenor | Paul Althouse |
| King Richard II | tenor | Albert Reiss |
| Johanna | soprano | Marie Sundelius |
| The Friar | tenor | Max Bloch |
| The Knight | baritone | Robert Leonhardt[3] |
| Joannes | tenor | Pietro Audisio |
| Man of Law | baritone | Robert Leonhardt |
| The Miller | bass
|
Basil Ruysdael |
| The Host | bass | Giulio Rossi |
| The Herald | bass | Riccardo Tegani |
| Two Girls | Marie Tiffany, Minnie Egener | |
| The Pardoner | tenor | Julius Bayer |
| The Summoner | baritone | Carl Schlegel |
| The Shipman | baritone | Mario Laurenti |
| The Cook | bass | Pompilio Malatesta |
Synopsis
Place: England. Time: April, 1387.[4]
The story has to do with the merry schemes of the Wife of Bath, who has fallen in love with
Richard II
who decides that the Wife may marry a sixth time only on condition that she marry a miller. A devoted miller joyfully accepts the opportunity and the Prioress and Chaucer are reconciled.
Notes
- ISBN 978-1-349-73271-5.
- ^ List of singers taken from Gustav Kobbé: The Complete Opera Book (1919 ed.), p. 843.
- ^ "[Met Performance] CID:65390 World Premiere The Canterbury Pilgrims {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/8/1917". The Metropolitan Opera Archives. The Metropolitan Opera. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ The synopsis is taken from Leo Melitz, The Opera Goer's Complete Guide, 1921 version.
References
- The Opera Goer's Complete Guide by Leo Melitz, 1921 version.
- The Complete Opera Book by Gustav Kobbé, 1919 version.