Ivanhoé

1826 opera by Gioachino Rossini

For other uses, see Ivanhoe (disambiguation).

Ivanhoé

Pastiche opera by Gioachino Rossini

Mademoiselle Lemoule as Léila

Librettist|

* Émile Deschamps
* Gabriel-Gustave de Wailly

Language| French
Based on| Walter Scott's Ivanhoe
Premiere|

15 September 1826 (1826-09-15)

Odéon Theatre, Paris

Ivanhoé is an 1826 pastiche opera in three acts with music by Gioachino Rossini to a French-language libretto by Émile Deschamps and Gabriel-Gustave de Wailly, after Walter Scott's 1819 novel of the same name. The music was adapted, with the composer's permission, by the music-publisher Antonio Pacini from Rossini's operas, namely Semiramide, La Cenerentola, La gazza ladra, and Tancredi in order to introduce his music to Paris. An examination of the score shows that Pacini also used music from Bianca e Faliero, Armida, Maometto II, Aureliano in Palmira, Sigismondo, Torvaldo e Dorliska, Mosè in Egitto and an amount of newly composed music including fanfares and the gallop that was later to become famous from its inclusion in Guglielmo Tell. The work was premiered on 15 September 1826, at the Odéon Theatre.[1][2]

It was performed in England in 1829 as The Maid of Judah with music arranged by Michael Rophino Lacy who also translated and revised the original libretto by Deschamps and de Wailly. The Lacy version was also performed in New York at the Park Theatre in 1832.[3][4] The first performance of Ivanhoé in modern times was given at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in 2001.[5]

## Roles[edit]

Role  | Voice type | Premiere cast, 15 September 1826
(Conductor: -)[4]

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Ivanhoé  | tenor | Lecomte
Léila  | soprano | Lemoule
Brian de Boisguilbert  | bass | Leclerc
Ismael  | baritone | Léon
Cédric  | baritone  | V Adolphe
Le Marquis Lucas de Beaumanoir  | bass  | Charles
Albert de Malvoisin  | tenor  | Peyronnet
A herald  | tenor  | Masson
Thierry  | silent  |

## Recordings[edit]

* Rossini: Ivanhoé – Simon Edwards (Ivanhoé), Inga Balabanova (Leila), Soon-Won Kang (Brian de Boisguilbert), Filippo Morace (Ismaele), Massimiliano Chiarolla (Cedric); Bratislava Chamber Choir and the Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia conducted by Paolo Arrivabeni. Live recording from the 2001 performance at the Festival della Valle d'Itria. Label: Dynamic CDS397

## References[edit]

1. ^ Osborne, Richard (1986). Rossini. London: Dent. pp. 72–3. ISBN 0-460-03179-1.
2. ^ Everist, Mark (2002). Music Drama at the Paris Odéon, 18241828. pp. 182-187. University of California Press. ISBN 0520928903
3. ^ The Theatrical observer and, Daily bills of the play (Volume 1832 v. 3 no.3361-3445:(Sep 22,1832-Dec 31,1832))
4. ^ a b Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Ivanhoé". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
5. ^ Pugliaro, Giorgio (ed.) (2007). Opera 2007. Annuario dell'opera lirica in Italia, p. 333. EDT srl. ISBN 8860401828 (in Italian)

## External links[edit]

* Complete score at the International Music Score Library Project

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Walter Scott's Ivanhoe

Opera|

* Ivanhoé
* Der Templer und die Jüdin
* Il templario
* Ivanhoe

Films|

* Ivanhoe (1913 British)
* Ivanhoe (1913 American)
* Ivanhoe (1952)
* Ivanhoe (1982)
* The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983)

Television|

* Ivanhoe (1958)
* Ivanhoe (1970)
* Young Ivanhoe (1995)
* Ivanhoe (1997)

Related|

* The Betrothed

* v
* t
* e

Gioachino Rossini

* List of compositions
* List of operas

Operas|

| Early works|

* Demetrio e Polibio (1812)
* La cambiale di matrimonio (1810)
* L'equivoco stravagante (1811)
* L'inganno felice (1812)
* Ciro in Babilonia, ossia La caduta di Baldassare (1812)
* La scala di seta (1812)
* La pietra del paragone (1812)
* L'occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia (1812)
* Il signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo (1813)
* Tancredi (1813)
* L'italiana in Algeri (1813)

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Maturity|

* Aureliano in Palmira (1813)
* Il turco in Italia (1814)
* Sigismondo (1814)
* Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (1815)
* Torvaldo e Dorliska (1815)
* Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione (1816)
* La gazzetta, ossia Il matrimonio per concorso (1816)
* Otello, ossia Il Moro di Venezia (1816)
* La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (1817)
* La gazza ladra (1817)
* Armida (1817)
* Adelaide di Borgogna, ossia Ottone, re d'Italia (1817)
* Mosè in Egitto (1818)
* Adina, ossia Il califfo di Bagdad (1826)
* Ricciardo e Zoraide (1818)
* Ermione (1819)
* Eduardo e Cristina (1819)
* La donna del lago (1819)
* Bianca e Falliero, ossia Il consiglio dei tre (1819)
* Maometto II (1820)
* Matilde di Shabran, ossia Bellezza e Cuor di Ferro (1821)
* Zelmira (1822)
* Semiramide (1823)

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Later works|

* Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del Giglio d'Oro (1825)
* Le siège de Corinthe (1826)
* Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la mer rouge (1827)
* Le comte Ory (1828)
* Guillaume Tell (1829)
* Ugo, re d'Italia (unfinished)

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Pastiches|

* Ivanhoé (1826)
* Robert Bruce (1846)

Arias|

* "Ecco, ridente in cielo"
* "Largo al factotum"
* "Sombre forêt"
* "Una voce poco fa"

Sacred music|

* Messa di Gloria (1820)
* Stabat mater (1831, 1841)
* Petite messe solennelle (1864, 1867)

Other works|

* Six string sonatas (1804)
* Edipo a Colono (1817)
* La regata veneziana (1835)
* La Danza (1835)
* Péchés de vieillesse (1857-1868)

Film adaptations|

* The Barber of Seville (1947 film)

Cultural depictions|

* Rossini (1942 biographical film)
* Rossini! Rossini! (1991 biographical film)
* Rossini's Ghost (1996 film)

Named for Rossini|

* Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini"
* Prix Rossini
* Rossini Opera Festival
* Rossini in Wildbad

Related articles|

* La boutique fantasque
* Duetto buffo di due gatti
* Matinées musicales
* Messa per Rossini
* Rossiniana

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International|

* VIAF

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* France
* BnF data

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