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Template:Bizet operas La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth) is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the novel by Sir Walter Scott.

It was completed before the end of 1866, and was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, on 26th December 1867.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, December 26, 1867
(Conductor: Unknown)
Henri (Henry) Smith, a blacksmith tenor
Cathérine Glover soprano
Simon Glover, her father, a glover bass
Mab, Queen of the Gypsies soprano
Ralph, Glover's apprentice bass-baritone
Le Duc de Rothsay, Duke of Rothsay baritone or tenor
A Lord in his service tenor
His Major-Domo bass

Recordings

  • 1985 June Anderson - Cathérine Glover; Alfredo Kraus - Henri Smith; Gino Quilico - Le Duc de Rothsay; José van Dam - Ralph; Chœurs de Radio-France, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique, cond. Georges Prêtre. EMI 747 559-8
  • 1989 Barbara Hendricks - Cathérine Glover; John Aler - Henri Smith; Gino Quilico - Le Duc de Rothsay; Jean-Philippe Courtis - Ralph; Chœurs et Orchestre de Toulouse, cond. Michel Plasson. EMI 749 837-2

References

  1. Hugh MacDonald: La Jolie fille de Perth Grove Music Online, accessed April 10, 2007.
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