La Violette (Carafa, Michele)

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5 more: No.4, Cavatine: "Violette, jolie image de pudeur" (Gérard) • No.5, Romance: "Adieu mon épouse chérie" (Marguerite) • No.6, Ronde avec chœur: "Un vieux berger loin du hameau" (Marguerite) • No.9, Couplets en duo: "Je sais une Violette" (Marguerite/Richardet) • No.12, Air: "Ma fille ne sois pas tremblante" (Le Connétable)

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Mad. Ve. Augte. Leduc, n.d.[1828]. Plates 1402–05, 1408, 1412.
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Overture

For Piano 4 Hands
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Publisher. Info. Ouverturen für das Pianoforte, zu vier Händen, No.8
Prague: Marco Berra, n.d. Plate M. B. 438.
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For Piano
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Publisher. Info. Prague: Marco Berra, n.d.[1832]. Plate M. B. 437.
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Publisher. Info. Ouverturen für das Pianoforte allein, No.11
Prague: Marco Berra, n.d. Plate M. B. 437.
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General Information

Work Title La Violette
Alternative. Title Opéra-comique en trois actes
Composer Carafa, Michele
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMC 5
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
First Performance. 1828/10/07
Paris: Opéra-Comique (Feydeau)
First Publication. 1828
Copyright Information Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France :
17e année, Nº 43, 25 Octobre 1828, p.784, reg.285 (v.s. selections).
Librettist Eugène de Planard (1783–1853)
after Le roman de la Violette (Gérard de Nevers) by Gerbert de Montreuil (13th c.)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra [more...]
Gérard, jeune et riche chevalier. (tenor)
Euriant, jeune orpheline, sa cousine. (soprano)
Le Comte de Foretz, amoureux d'Euriant. (baritone)
Le Connétable de France, vieux guerrier. (bass)
Richardet, jardinier du château de Gérard. (tenor)
Marguerite, jeune fille. (soprano)
Barons, chevaliers, écuyers, pages et dames de la cour, valets, villageois et villageoises.
Orchestra: 2 flutes (+piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings.