L'enfant prodigue (Auber)
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For other uses, see L'Enfant prodigue (disambiguation) and The Prodigal Son (disambiguation).
L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son) is a grand opera in five acts composed by Daniel Auber to a French libretto by Eugène Scribe based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Nationale de Musique in Paris on 6 December 1850. The role of Azaël (the prodigal son of the title) was sung in the premiere by the celebrated French tenor, Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, (1815-1879).
The ballet music was used by Constant Lambert in 1933 for the ballet Les Rendezvous with choreography by Frederick Ashton.
References
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- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).[http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco?r=&alm_giorno=06&alm_mese=12&alm_anno=1850&alm_testo=L'enfant_prodigue "L'enfant prodigue, 6 December 1850"]. Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).
- Charlton, David, The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera, Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-64683-9
- Lacombe, Hervé, The Keys to French Opera in the Nineteenth Century, University of California Press, 2001. ISBN 0-520-21719-5
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