FULL LALLA-ROUKH (Félicien David) Wexford 2022 Gabrielle Philiponet, Pablo Bemsch, Ben McAteer, Emyr Wyn Jones
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Lalla-Roukh
- Composer: David Félicien
- Libretto: Michel Carré, Hippolyte Lucas based on Thomas Moore's 1817 narrative poem Lalla Rookh Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland
- Recorded: October 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Gabrielle Philiponet, Pablo Bemsch, Ben McAteer, Emyr Wyn Jones, Thomas D. Hopkinson, Niamh O’Sullivan, Lorcan Cranitch
- Conductor: Steven White
- Orchestra: Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera
- Chorus: Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera
- Choreographer: Amy Share-Kissiov
- Stage Director: Orpha Phelan
- Stage Designer: Madeleine Boyd
- Costume Designer: Madeleine Boyd
- Lighting Designer: D.M. Wood
Information about the Recording
- Published by: RTE
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: mail.ru FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
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The opera was first performed on 12 May 1862 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris. Set in Kashmir and Samarkand, the opera recounts the love story between Nourreddin, the King of Samarkand, and the Mughal princess Lalla-Roukh. Her name means “Tulip-cheeked”, a frequent term of endearment in Persian poetry.
Lalla-Roukh, the daughter of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, has been promised in marriage to the King of Samarkand. Accompanied by her confidants, Mirza and a eunuch called Baskir, she departs in a caravan to the King’s summer palace for the wedding. As the caravan travels through Kashmir, she is charmed by the nightly songs of Nourreddin, a mysterious poet-singer who has joined the caravan. The couple meet at night and pledge their love to each other. Lalla-Roukh tells him that when they arrive at the palace, she will confess all to the King and refuse to marry him, preferring to live in a simple cottage in Kashmir with her true love. When the caravan finally arrives at the palace, a crash of cymbals is heard and the King comes out to receive his bride. To her amazement, Lalla-Roukh realizes that he is in fact Nourreddin.