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North American Works Directory Listing
| Composer: |
Charles Chaynes
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| Librettist: |
Eduardo Manet
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Patrick Davin, Conductor; Jorge Lavelli, Production Manager
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| Original Cast: |
Marisol Montalvo as Cecilia Valdes, Jean-marc Salzman as Leonardo Gamboa, David Lee Brewer as José Dolores Pimienta, Alain Fondary as Don Candido Gamboa, Anne Salvan as Rosa Gamboa, Marthe Keller as La Fatalité
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| Premiere Date: |
May 23, 2000
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| Producing Company: |
Opéra de Monte-Carlo
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| Description: |
This work takes place in Havana, Cuba, in 1830. Cecilia, a beautiful mulatto, is in love with Leonardo Gamboa, a rich young Spaniard, son of Candido Gamboa. Cecilia is intrigued by a resemblance between herself and Leonardo. Opposing his son's love affair with Cecilia, Candido orders Leonardo to marry a rich Spanish girl. (It transpires that Cecilia is the illegitimate daughter of Candido). Cecilia implores Pimiento, a young black musician in love with her, to kill Leonardo's bride after the wedding ceremony. However, during a violent quarrel with Leonardo, Pimiento kills him instead of the bride. Cecilia loses her mind and spends the rest of her days in a psychiatric hospital dreaming of a perfect love with Leonardo, who comes to her in a vision.
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| Orchestration: |
2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn - 2 hrn, 2 tpt, tba - pf, hp, syn, timp, 3 drums - str (10 vln1, 8 vln2, 6 vla, 5 vc, 4 db or 8 vln1, 6 vln2, 5 vla, 4 vc, 3 db)
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| Musical Style: |
Classical contemporary
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| Contact: |
Opéra de Monte-Carlo
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| Address: |
Place du Casino
BP 139, MC 98007 Monaco
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| Phone: |
(377) 92/16 23 03
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