Esclarmonde (opera) (Massenet, Jules)

For the concert suite extracted from this opera, see Esclarmonde (suite).

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 acts
Composition Year	1888 (16 July—14 October)
Genre Categories	Grand operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)
Related Works	Pieces based on Esclarmonde

Sheet Music

Prologue — Act I
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Act II
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Act III
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Act IV — Epilogue
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Publisher. Info.	Autograph Manuscript, 1888.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Dated 16 July—14 October 1888, in Paris and the Grand Hôtel de Vevey (Switzerland). This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from BNF using a method explained on this page. Converted to monochrome, cropped, de-skewed and optimized.
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Complete Score (grayscale)
*#70008 - 16.99MB, 315 (ix, 306) pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1620×⇩ - Massenetique

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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Paris: G. Hartmann, n.d.[1889]. Plate G.H.et Cie.1921.
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Complete Score (monochrome)
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Publisher. Info.	Paris: G. Hartmann, n.d.[1889]. Plate G.H.et Cie.1921.
Reprinted	Paris: Heugel, n.d. (after 1891).
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Complete Score (color)
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Publisher. Info.	Paris: G. Hartmann, n.d.[1889]. Plate G.H.et Cie.1921.
Reprinted	New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Misc. Notes	600 dpi. Page size is 7 x 10.5 inches.
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Album Musica, No.50 Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1906.
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Work Title	Esclarmonde
Alternative. Title	Opéra romanesque en quatre actes et huit tableaux dont un prologue et un épilogue
Composer	Massenet, Jules
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	DO 11
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJM 73
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 acts and 8 scenes, with prologue and epilogue
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1888 (16 July—14 October)
First Performance.	1889/05/15 Paris: Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Lyrique), for the Universal Exposition
First Publication.	1889
Copyright Information	Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France : 78^e année, 2^e série, Nº 27, 6 Juillet 1889, p.457, reg.2874 (vocal score).
Librettist	Alfred Blau (1827–1896) Louis de Gramont (1854–1912)
Language	French
Dedication	à Mademoiselle Sybil Sanderson (1864–1903)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
Related Works	Pieces based on Esclarmonde
External Links	Wikipedia article

Operas by Jules Massenet
La grand'tante (1867) Don César de Bazan (1872) L'adorable Bel'-Boul' (1873) Le roi de Lahore (1877) Hérodiade (1881) Manon (1884) Le Cid (1885) Esclarmonde (1889) Le Mage (1891) Werther (1892) Thaïs (1894) Le portrait de Manon (1894) La Navarraise (1894)	Sapho (1897) Cendrillon (1899) Grisélidis (1901) Le jongleur de Notre-Dame (1902) Chérubin (1905) Ariane (1906) Thérèse (1907) Bacchus (1909) Don Quichotte (1910) Roma (1912) Panurge (1913, posth.) Cléopâtre (1914, posth.) Amadis (1922, posth.)