Le solitaire (Carafa, Michele)

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Meysenberg, n.d.[1822]. Plate 315.M.G.
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Meysenberg, n.d.[1822]. Plate 315.M.G.
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Misc. Notes Color scan.
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Meysenberg, n.d.[1822]. Plate 318.M.G.
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Misc. Notes Also includes a number of manuscript parts
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Complete

Publisher. Info. Paris: S. Richault, n.d.[1856]. Plate 12,924 R.
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Misc. Notes Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France : 45e année, Nº 20, 17 Mai 1856, p.540, reg.1245.
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Selections

7 more: No.2, Air: "Il dit que ma présence" (Elodie) • No.3, Duo: "O mon seul protecteur" (Elodie/Le solitaire) • No.4, Romance: "De la faible vieillesse" (Le solitaire) • No.5, Couplets: "Le vin par sa douce chaleur" (Alberti) • No.6, Duo: "Je suis un diable à quatre" (Marie/Charlot) • No.7, Duo: "Rose nouvelle garde pour elle" (Marie/Charlot) • No.8, Romance: "Faible orpheline et la tristesse au cœur" (Elodie)

Arranger Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853), piano/harp reduction
Publisher. Info. Paris: Meysenberg, n.d.[1822]. Plate 299.Mg.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Wind Ensemble (Berr)
Arranger Friedrich Berr (1794–1838)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Meysenberg, n.d.[1823]. Plate 332.M.G.
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Misc. Notes Instrumentation: flute, clarinet in E, 2 clarinets in C, 2 horns in C and E, 2 bassoons (with 3rd clarinet in C, serpent, trumpet in C and trombone ad lib.)
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For String Quartet (Blumenthal)
Arranger Joseph von Blumenthal (1782-1850)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Diabelli & Co., n.d.[1834]. Plate D.et C.No.4766.
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For Flute and Guitar (Küffner)
Arranger Joseph Küffner (1776-1856)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.[1825]. Plate 2015.
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Misc. Notes Flute part also playable on violin.
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For Violin and Piano (Jadin)
Arranger Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Meysenberg, n.d.[1822]. Plate 309.M.G.
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Misc. Notes Violin part ad lib., playable as piano solo.
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Ronde: Qui traverse à la nage (Act I, No.3)

For Voice and Guitar (Meissonnier)
Arranger Jean Antoine Meissonnier (1783–1857)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Meysenberg, n.d.[1822]. Plate 300.M.G.
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General Information

Work Title Le solitaire
Alternative. Title Opéra-comique en trois actes
Composer Carafa, Michele
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IMC 4
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts [more...]
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Acte I.

Ouverture
No.1, Introduzione: "Pour notre jeune maitresse"
No.2, Chœur: "J'aperçois, j'aperçois mon mari"
No.3, Air: "Qui traverse à la nage" (Marie)
No.4, Air: "Il dit que ma présence" (Elodie)
No.5, Duo: "O mon seul protecteur" (Elodie/Le solitaire)
No.6, Romance: "De la faible vieillesse" (Le solitaire)
No.7, Finale: "Oui, je vais marcher devant"

Acte II.

No.8, Chanson avec le chœur: "La vin par sa douce chaleur" (Alberti)
No.9, Air: "C'est ainsi que l'insolence" (Palzo)
No.10, Duo: "Je suis un diable à quatre" (Marie/Charlot)
No.11, Finale: "Tu vien d'entendre le signal"

Acte III.

No.12, Duo: "Rose nouvelle" (Marie/Charlot)
No.13, Chœur et Romance: "Allons, allons... Faible orpheline" (Elodie)
No.14, Finale: "Se peut-il heureux jour"
First Performance. 1822/08/22
Paris: Opéra-Comique (Feydeau)
First Publication. 1822
Copyright Information Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France :
11e année, Nº 38, 21 Septembre 1822, p.582, reg.155 (v.s. selections).
Librettist Eugène de Planard (1783–1855), after Charles-Victor Prévost d' Arlincourt (1788–1856)
Language French
Dedication à Madame Sylvie D'hautmesnil
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra [more...]
Le solitaire. (ténor)
Elodie. (soprano)
Palzo. (basse)
Charlot, paysan. (ténor)
Marie, sa femme. (soprano)
Marceline, servante du château. (soprano)
Alberti, homme d'arme attaché à Palzo. (basse)
Premier soldat.
Deuxième soldat.
Un paysan.
Hommes d'armes, valets et paysans.
Orchestra: 2 flutes (+piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings.
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