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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

IL GLAUCO: melodramma -- tratto dalle Metamorfosi d'Ovidio.

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"SCILLA E GLAUCO"  is a tragédie en musique with a prologue and five acts, the only full-length opera by Jean-Marie Leclair.

The libretto by d'Albaret is based on Ovid's Metamorphoses, books 10, 13 and 14.

It was first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 4 October 1746. It was given 18 times.

Roles[edit]

RoleVoice typePremiere Cast,[1] 4 October 1746
(Conductor:)
Prologue
The chief of the peoples of Amathusbass-baritone (basse-taille)Person
A Propoetide[2]tenor (taille)[3]Louis-Antoine Cuvillier
VénussopranoMlle Romainville
L'Amour (Cupid)[2]sopranoMlle Cazeau
Chorus: peoples of Amathus, Propoetides. Ballet: peoples d'Amathus
Tragédie (Acts 1–5)
Scylla, a nymphsopranoMarie Fel
Témire, Scylla's confidantesopranoMarie-Angélique Coupé (or Couppé)
Glaucus, a sea godhaute-contrePierre Jélyotte
Circé, a sorceresssopranoMarie-Jeanne Fesch "Mlle Chevalier"
Dorine, Circé's confidantesopranoLouise Jacquet
Licas, Glaucus's friendbass-baritonede La Mare (also spelled Lamare or Lamarre)
Divertissements
A shepherd, attracted to Scyllahaute-contre[4]La Tour (also spelled Latour)
A sylvan, attracted to Scyllabass-baritoneAlbert
A coriphée of Circé's followerssopranoMlle Cazeau
Hécate[2]bass-baritone[3]Albert
Chorus: shepherds and sylvans, attendants of Circe, sea gods, underworld gods, peoples of Sicily
Ballet: sylvans and shepherdesses (Act 1); attendants of Circe, in pleasant shapes (Act 2); sea gods (Act 3); demons (Act 4); peoples of Sicily (Act 5)

Synopsis[edit]

During the prologue members of a cult in Amathus called the Propoetides are turned to stone for denying the authority of Vénus. The tragédie proper (Acts 1-5) that follows is a love triangle. Circé, the sorceress, loves Glaucus, a sea god, who loves Scylla, a nymph. Circé eventually turns Scylla to stone in the form of the famous rock in the Strait of Messina, beside the whirlpool of Charybdis.

References[edit]

  1. Jump up ^ According to the original libretto: Prologue and Tragedy and Divertissements.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c role en travesti
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b According to The New Grove Dictionary, “haute-contre”.
  4. Jump up ^ According to The New Grove Dictionary, "tenor".

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