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TH 6
The Maid of Orleans
Орлеанская дева
Opera in 4 acts and 6 scenes (1878-79).
- Libretto by the composer, after Freidrich Schiller, Vasilii Zhukovskii,
Jules Barbier and Auguste Mermet.
- Composed December 1878 - August 1879; some scenes revised October 1882.
- Cast: Joan of Arc [Иоанна д'Арк] (soprano or mezzo-soprano); King Charles
VII [Король Карл VII] (tenor); Agnes Sorel [Агнесса Сорель] (soprano); Dunois
[Дюнуа] (baritone); Lionel [Лионель] (baritone); Archbishop (Cardinal) [Архиепископ
(Кардинал)] (bass); Raimond [Раймонд] (tenor); Thibaut d'Arc [Тибо д'Арк]
(bass); Bertrand [Бертран] (bass); Soldier [Воин] (2nd bass); Lauret [Лоре]
(2nd bass); Angel [Ангел] (soprano) + SATB chorus.
- Scored for Piccolo; 3 Flutes; 2 Oboes; Cor Anglais; 2 Clarinets (Bb,
A, C); 2 Bassoons; 4 Horns (F, D, Eb, E); 2 Cornets (Bb, A), 2 Trumpets
(Eb, F, E, D, A); 3 Trombones; Tuba; Timpani; Triangle; Tambourine; Side
Drum; Bass Drum; Tam-tam; Bell (C); Harp; Organ; Violins I; Violins II;
Violas; Violoncellos; Double Basses + offstage 3 Trumpets; Wind
Band
- First performed in Saint Petersburg, Mariinskii Theatre, 13/25 February
1881, conducted by Eduard Nápravník.
- Dedicated to Eduard Nápravník.
- Average duration: 2h 38m
Contents
Introduction.
Act I -- Chorus of Maidens (No. 1); Scena & Terzetto (No. 2); Scena (No.
3); Chorus of Peasants & Scena (No. 4); Scena (No. 5); Hymn (No. 6); Joan's
Aria (No. 7); Finale (No. 8); Joan's Aria & Chorus of Angels (No. 8a).
Act II -- Entr'acte (No. 9); Chorus of Minstrels (No. 10); Gypsy Dance (No.
11a); Dance of the Pages & Dwarves (No. 11b); Dance of the Clowns & Tumblers
(No. 11c); Scena & Duet (No. 12); Agnes's Arioso & Duettino (No. 13); Scena
& Archbishop's Narration (No. 14); Joan's Narration (No. 15); Finale (No. 16).
Act III - Scena & Duet (No. 17); March (No. 18); Scena & Duettino (No. 19);
Finale (No. 20).
Act IV -- Introduction & Scena (No. 21); Duet & Scena (No. 22); Final Scena
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