Phèdre (opera)
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Phèdre ({{IPA|fr|fɛdʁ}}, Phaedra) is an opera by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, first performed at Fontainebleau on 26 October 1786. It takes the form of a tragédie mise en musique in three acts. The libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman is based on the Greek myth of the obsessive love of Phaedra for her stepson Hippolytus.Benoït Dratwicki, "Foreigners at the Académie Royale de Musique" in Antonio Sacchini, Renaud, Madrid, Ediciones Singulares, 2013 (book accompanying the complete recording conducted by Christophe Rousset). {{ISBN|978-84-939-6865-6}}
Roles
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!Cast !Voice type !Premiere cast |
| Phèdre (Phaedra) |
| Thésée (Theseus)
|basse-taille (bass-baritone) |Auguste-Athanase (Augustin) Chéron |
| Hippolite (Hippolytus) |
| Œnone
|soprano |Adelaïde Gavaudan, cadette (the Younger) |
| La grande prêtresse de Vénus (the high priestess of Venus)
|soprano |Anne-Marie Jeanne Gavaudan, l'ainée (the Elder) |
| Un grand de l'état (an important statesman)
|Louis-Claude-Armand Chardin ("Chardiny") |
| Un chasseur (a huntsman)
|bass-baritone |Moreau |
Recordings
- Concert de la Loge Olympique, Julien Chauvin{{cite web |url= http://parisfestival.bru-zane.com/en/event/phedre/ |title=Phèdre. By Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne |access-date=2025-01-29 |date= June 2017 |publisher= Bru Zane France |language=en |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170902005546/http://parisfestival.bru-zane.com/en/event/phedre/ |archivedate= 2017-09-02 |quote= Arrangement for four singers and ten instrumentalists by Benoît Dratwicki}} Production Bru Zane France
Co-production Théâtre de Caen / Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles / Opéra de Reims In collaboration with C.I.C.T. – Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord First performed on Thursday, 27 April 2017 at the Théâtre de Caen The opera will be recorded by France Musique
- Orfeo Orchestra Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi. Palazzeto Bru Zane (2020)
References
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Sources
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k83771s.r=Phedre+Hoffman.langEN Original libretto on BNF Gallica]
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Category:French-language operas
Category:Operas by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
Category:Operas based on works by Jean Racine
Category:Works based on Phèdre
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