Le comte Ory

Le comte Ory

Le comte Ory is an opéra written by Gioachino Rossini in 1828. Some of the music originates from his opera Il viaggio a Reims written three years earlier for the coronation of Charles X.[1] The French libretto was by Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson adapted from a comedy they had first written in 1817.

The work is ostensibly a comic opera in that the story is humorous, even farcical. However it was devised for the Opéra rather than for the Théatre de l'Opéra-Comique and there are structural inconsistencies with the contemporary opéra comique genre: whereas the latter consists of relatively short lyrical numbers and spoken dialogue, Le Comte Ory consists of "highly developed, even massive musical forms linked by accompanied recitative.[2]Although the opera contains some of Rossini's most colorful orchestral writing, the quaint, brief overture is oddly restrained and unassuming, ending with a whisper of pizzicato strings.

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Performance history

It was first performed on 20 August 1828 at the Salle Le Peletier by the Paris Opera. It was given in London at the King's Theatre in Italian on 28 February 1829, in New Orleans at the Théâtre d'Orléans on 16 December 1830 and in New York on 22 August 1831.[2]

The opera is performed infrequently and, between 2005 and 2009, it stands at number 187 with 16 total performances as listed on Operabase.com.[3] That number was increased in April 2011 when the opera received its premiere performances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The cast included Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau and Joyce DiDonato, singing in a new production directed by Bartlett Sher.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 20 August 1828
(Conductor: François Antoine Habeneck)
Count Ory tenor Adolphe Nourrit
Tutor baritone Nicolas Levasseur
Isolier mezzo-soprano Constance Jawureck
Raimbaud baritone Henri-Bernard Dabadie
Countess of Formoutiers soprano Laure Cinti-Damoreau
Ragonde mezzo-soprano Mori
Alice soprano
1st Knight tenor Alexis Dupont
2nd Knight tenor Jean-Étienne-Auguste Massol
3rd Knight baritone Henri-Bernard Dabadie the younger
4th Knight baritone Ferdinand Prévôt
Chorus of Ory's men, ladies, crusaders, peasants

Synopsis

Time: Circa 1200, during the Crusades
Place: Touraine

Act 1

The countryside before the castle of Formoutiers

The lords and men of Formoutiers have been away on a crusade. Count Ory, who is in love with the countess Adèle, takes advantage of the situation. Hoping to win her hand, he disguises himself as a hermit aided by Raimbaud, his friend. Raimbaud announces that a wise hermit will visit the village to offer advice on matters of the heart. The castle is filled with women waiting for their husbands to return from the crusades. Ory's page Isolier is in love with the countess. Isolier confides his love to the "hermit" (Count Ory in disguise) and explains his plan to sneak into the castle disguised as a female pilgrim.

The countess consults the hermit about a cure for her melancholia. He proposes that she fall in love, which she promptly does, with Isolier. The "hermit" warns her not to trust the page. Everyone is shocked when the Tutor reveals Ory's identity. The countess receives a letter announcing her brother's return.

Act 2

A large room in the castle

The countess and her attendants admit a group of female pilgrims awaiting their husbands' return from the crusade. This time the pilgrims are actually Ory and his men in disguise. Ory's new disguise is as "Sister Colette." Missing something to drink with dinner, Raimbaud breaks into the castle wine cellar and returns with enough for everyone. They toast the countess's absent brother. Isolier recognizes Ory and reveals his identity to Adèle. Isolier also tells the waiting women that their husbands will be back by midnight.

After everyone is in bed, Ory enters countess Adèle's room. He woos her, not realizing in the dark that it is Isolier's hand he is holding. The men return from the crusade. Isolier reveals himself and helps Count Ory escape from the castle.

Recordings

Year Cast:
Le Comte Ory
La Comtesse Adèle
Isolier
Ragonde
Raimbaud
Le Gouverneur
Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra
Label [4]
1959 Michel Sénéchal
Sari Barabas
Cora Canne-Meijer
Monica Sinclair
Robert Massard
Vittorio Gui
Orchestra and Chorus of RAI Torino
Audio CD: Arkadia
Cat: MP 458.2;
Living Stage
Cat: LS 4035130
1979 Rockwell Blake
Ashley Putnam
Faith Esham
Jane Shaulis
David Holloway
Imre Pallo
New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Live Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera, September)
Audio CD: Celestial Audio (CA 368)
1988 John Aler
Sumi Jo
Diana Montague
Raquel Pierotti
Gino Quilico
Gilles Cachemaille
Francis Dudziak & Nicolas Rivenq (Chevaliers)
John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestre et choeur de l'Opéra de Lyon
Audio CD: Philips Classics (422 406-2) (P) 1989
1995 William Matteuzzi
Sumi Jo
Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Nadine Chery
Jean-Luc Chaignaud
Gregory Reinhart
Evelino Pidò
Orchestre Européen du Festival
Choeur du Festival, Aix-en-Provence
(TV recording from Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, July 1995)
Stage directed by Marcel Maréchal
Produced by Bel Air Media
TV live broadcast (France 2)
1997 Marc Laho
Annick Massis
Diana Montague
Jane Shaulis
Ludovic Tézier
Julien Robbins
Andrew Davis
London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Video recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival, July)
stage directed by Jérôme Savary
DVD: NVC Arts
Cat: 0630 18646-2;
Kultur
Cat: D 2983
2002 Huw Rhys-Evans
Linda Gerrard
Luisa Islam-ALi-Zade
Luca Salsi
Gloria Montanari
Wojtek Gierlach
Sofia Soloviy (Alice)
Brad Cohen
Czech Chamber Soloits, Brno
Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno
(Live recording from Rossini in Wildbad, July 2002)
Audio CD: Naxos (2007)
2003 Juan Diego Flórez
Stefania Bonfadelli
Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Bruno Praticò
Marina De Liso
Alastair Miles
Rossella Bevacqua (Alice)
Jesús López Cobos
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Coro da Camera di Praga (chorus master: Lubomír Mátl
(Live recording at Teatro Rossini, from Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro, 10,13,16,19, 22 August,[1])
Stage directed, designed by Lluís Pasqual
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
2011 Juan Diego Flórez
Diana Damrau
Joyce DiDonato
Stéphane Degout
Susanne Resmark
Michele Pertusi
Monica Yunus (Alice)
Maurizio Benini
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Stage directed by Bartlett Sher
(HD Live from The Metropolitan Opera, New York, April 9th 2011)
HD Theatrical release [2]

References

Notes
Cited sources
  • Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-140-29312-4
  • Osborne, Charles, The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994 ISBN 0931340713
Sources
  • Osborne, Richard, Rossini, Ithaca, New York: Northeastern University Press, 1990 ISBN 1555530885 ISBN 1-55553-088-5
  • Osborne, Richard, "Rossini's life" in The Cambridge Companion to Rossini, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-00195-1.
  • Toye, Francis, Rossini: The Man and His Music, Dover Publications, 1987. ISBN: 0486253961 ISBN 0-486-25396-1,

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