''Patrie!'' is an 1886 French-language opera in five acts by
Émile Paladilhe with a libretto by
Victorien Sardou and
Louis Gallet based on the play by Sardou about a 16th-century revolt of Flemish nobles in
Brussels. The opera was Paladilhe's greatest popular success and was one of the last in the style of
grand opera to premiere at the
Paris Opéra.
Performance history
The opera was premiered on 16 December 1886 by the Opéra at the
Palais Garnier
The Palais Garnier (, Garnier Palace), also known as Opéra Garnier (, Garnier Opera), is a 1,979-seatBeauvert 1996, p. 102. opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from ...
in Paris. The ''
mise-en-scène'' was by
Pedro Gailhard
Pedro or Pierre Gailhard, full name Pierre Samson Gailhard, (1 August 1848 – 12 October 1918) was a French opera singer and theatre director.
Gifted with an exceptional singing bass voice, Pedro Gailhard made his debut at the Opéra-Comique i ...
, and the choreography, by
Louis Merante. The opera was last performed at the Garnier on 9 August 1919, its 93rd performance.
[Stéphane Wolff (1962; reprint 1983). ''L'Opéra au Palais Garnier (1875–1962)''. Paris: Deposé au journal L'Entr'acte . Paris: Slatkine (1983), . .]
The opera has also been performed outside of France, in
Prague (28 April 1887, in Czech),
Ghent (25 January 1888),
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, (6 March 1888),
Rome (23 November 1889, in Italian),
Hamburg (1 January 1890, in German),
Amsterdam (1 September 1898, in Dutch),
Geneva (19 February 1901), and Brussels (10 September 1931).
[Alfred Loewenberg (1978). ''Annals of Opera 1597–1940'' (third edition, revised). Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, column 1125. .]
Roles
Recordings
*"Pauvre martyr obscur", sung by the baritone Rysoor
*"Ah! Maintenant à moi!..., duet of Dolorès & Rysoor
References
External links
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''Patrie!''at The Opera Scribe
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Operas
1886 operas
Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera
Operas set in Belgium
French-language operas
Operas based on plays
Operas based on works by Victorien Sardou