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L'ivrogne corrigé

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Template:Gluck operas L'ivrogne corrigé (The Drunkard Reformed) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an opéra comique in two acts. The French-language libretto is by Louis Anseaume and Lourdet de Sarterre. The opera premiered in April 1760 at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

Roles

Cast Voice type Premiere cast
Mathurin, a friend of Lucas taille (baritenor)
Mathurine, Mathurin's wife dessus (soprano)
Colette, Mathurin's niece dessus (soprano)
Cléon, Colette's lover basse-taille (bass-baritone)
Lucas, a vine grower basse-taille (bass-baritone)
Chorus: Troupes of peasants and actors, friends of Lucas, disguised as goblins and furies

Sources

  • Holden, Amanda The Viking Opera Guide (Viking, 1993), page 374.
  • Gluck Gesamtausgabe L'ivrogne corrigé