FULL LE TOREADOR (Adam) Puybarban 2023 Opéra de Barie
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Le toréador, ou L'accord parfait
- Composer: Adam Adolphe
- Libretto: Thomas-Marie-François Sauvage Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Puybarban, France, Opéra de Barie
- Recorded: August 11, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Claire Baudouin, Jean-Marc Choisy, Jean-François Dickstein
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Arnaud Oreb, PIANO
- Stage Director: Cyril Fargues
- Costume Designer: Fabienne Choisy
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Jean-marc Choisy
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: frsubs, gensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Le toréador, ou L’accord parfait (The Toreador, or The Perfect Agreement) is an opéra comique in two acts by the French composer Adolphe Adam with a libretto by Thomas-Marie-François Sauvage. It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 18 May 1849. It was a huge success and the work regularly appeared in the repertoire of the Opéra-Comique until 1869. Adam made use of several familiar pieces of music in the score. The most famous number is a series of variations on “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman” (better known as the melody of “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” in the English-speaking world). The opera also quotes the aria “Tandis que tout sommeille” from Grétry’s L’amant jaloux and “Je brûlerai d’une flamme éternelle” from the same composer’s Le tableau parlant as well as popular folk tunes, including the Spanish fandango, cachucha and follia. In spite of this, there is little attempt to give the score local colour. The opera was originally intended to be a single act but was split in two to allow the soprano time to recover her breath in a taxing role.