FULL The Pleasures of the Quarrel (various) Ithaca 2022 Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Marie Marquis, Dominik Belavy, Tyler Duncan
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Querelle des Bouffons aka the Quarrel of the Buffoons
- Composer: Mondonville, Orlandini, Dauvergne
- Libretto: Catherine Turocy Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Recorded: March 27, 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Marie Marquis, Dominik Belavy, Tyler Duncan
- Conductor: Michelle Di Russo
- Orchestra: The Cornell Chamber Orchestra
- Ballet: The New York Baroque Dance Company
- Choreographer: Catherine Turocy
- Stage Director: Catherine Turocy
- Stage Designer: Jason Simms
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Music at Cornell
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
This unique performance from Cornell University stages the infamous Querelle des Bouffons (the Quarrel of the Buffoons) via three works performed in Paris in 1753: the first is in the mythology-based French style; the second an Italian comedy; and the third an imitation of an Italian intermezzo by a French composer.
Program
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1:35 Prelude: From Bailey Hall to the Paris Opera
11:22 Excerpts from the prologue of Titon et l’Aurore by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville.
31:43 Interlude: Love (and Opera) Italian Style
33:13 Excerpts from Il Giocatore (The Gambler) by Giovanni Maria Orlandini and Pietro Auletta
48:11 Interlude: Vive la différence!
51:13 Les Troqueurs (The Swappers), one-act opéra bouffon by Antoine Dauvergne, performed in its entirety, including the ballet.