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Proserpine
Drame lyrique by Camille Saint-Saëns
The composer in 1900, photographed by Pierre Petit
Librettist	Louis Gallet
Language	French

Proserpine is an 1887 drame lyrique in four acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto by Louis Gallet after Auguste Vacquerie.

Roles

• Proserpine (soprano)
• Angiola (soprano)
• Sabatino (tenor)
• Squarocca (baritone)
• Renzo (basse)
• Orlando (tenor)
• Ercole (baritone)
• Filippo (tenor)
• Gil (tenor)
• Une religieuse ‘a nun’
• Trois jeunes filles ‘three girls’
• Trois novices ‘three novices’
• Seigneurs, mendiants, religieuses, soldats ‘Lords, mendicants, nuns, soldiers’

Recordings

• Veronique Gens as Proserpine, Marie-Adeline Henry Angiola; Frédéric Antoun Sabatino; Andrew Foster-Williams Squarocca; Jean Teitgen Renzo; Mathias Vidal Orlando; Philippe-Nicolas Martin Ercole; Artavazd Sargsyan Filippo/Gil; Clémence Tilquin, a nun Munich Radio Orchestra Flanders radio choir Ulf Schirmer, Ediciones Singulares, sponsored Palazzetto Bru Zane 2016

References

1. Sabina Teller Ratner Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921: A Thematic Catalogue of His Complete Works 0198163207 2002
2. Laurent Bury (2016-09-28). "Un Saint-Saëns n'arrive jamais seul". ForumOpera.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.

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List of compositions
Operas	Le timbre d'argent (1865) La princesse jaune (1872) Samson and Delilah (1877) "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" Étienne Marcel (1879) Henry VIII (1883) Proserpine (1887) Ascanio (1890) Phryné (1893) Frédégonde (1895) Les barbares (1901) Hélène (1904) L'ancêtre (1905) Déjanire (1911)
Symphonies	Symphony No. 1 (1853) Symphony in F major (Urbs Roma) (1856) Symphony No. 2 (1859) Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) (1886)
Concertos	Piano Piano Concerto No. 1 (1858) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1868) Piano Concerto No. 3 (1869) Piano Concerto No. 4 (1875) Africa (1891) Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Egyptian) (1896) Other Violin Concerto No. 2 (1858) Violin Concerto No. 1 (1859) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863) Cello Suite (1866) Cello Concerto No. 1 (1872) Violin Concerto No. 3 (1880) Havanaise (1887) Cello Concerto No. 2 (1902) Organ Concerto (Cyprès et lauriers) (1919)
Orchestra works	Le Rouet d'Omphale (1872) Danse macabre (1874) Suite algérienne (1880)
Chamber music	Piano Quartet in E major (1853) Piano Quintet (1855/1857) Suite for Cello and Piano (1862) Piano Trio No. 1 (1864) Serenade in E♭ major (1865) Romance, Op. 37 (1871) Cello Sonata No. 1 (1871) Piano Quartet in B♭ major (1875) Septet (1881) Violin Sonata No. 1 (1885) The Carnival of the Animals (1886) Le cygne Caprice sur des airs danois et russes (1887) Piano Trio No. 2 (1891) Violin Sonata No. 2 (1896) Barcarolle (1897) Cello Sonata No. 2 (1905) Cavatine (1915) Oboe Sonata (1921) Clarinet Sonata (1921) Bassoon Sonata (1921)
Vocal music	Oratorio de Noël (1858) Le Déluge (1875) Requiem (1878) The Promised Land (1913)
Ballet	Javotte (1896)
Film score	The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908)
Related	Camille Awards
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