Leicester (Auber, Daniel François Esprit)

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Frère, n.d.[1823]. Plate 450.
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Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Brullé, n.d.[1847]. Plate A.B.274.
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11 more: No.2, Duo: "Ce secret là se gardera" (Act I, No.2) • No.3, Duo: "La voyez vous" (Act I, No.3) • No.4, Romance: "Ces présents, ces biens de la terre" (Act I, No.4) • No.5, Air: "Je sauve Leicester" (Act I, No.5a) • No.6, Duo: "Eloignons nous, quittons ces lieux" (Act II, No.7a) • No.7, Air: "Ah! de ces transports éclatans" (Act II, No.7b) • No.8, Quatuor: "Que je vois, ô ciel" (Act II, No.8) • No.9, Duo: "Oui Leicester c'est vous même" (Act II, No.9) • No.10, Air: "Mais on vient... ô bonheur!" (Act III, No.11) • No.11, Trio: "D'où vient ce trouble" (Act III, No.12) • No.12, Cavatine: "Un seul instant" (Act III, No.13)

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Work Title Leicester, ou Le château de Kenilworth
Alternative. Title Opéra comique en trois actes
Composer Auber, Daniel François Esprit
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. AWV 7
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IDA 43
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
First Performance. 1823/01/25
Paris: Opéra-Comique (Feydeau)
First Publication. 1823
Copyright Information Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France :
Douzième année, Nº 32, 9 Août 1823, p.475, reg.184 (v.s. selections).
Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)
Mélesville, pseud. Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier (1787–1865)
— after Kenilworth by Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra

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