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Jean de Nivelle

Opéra-comique in three acts by Léo Delibes, on a libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille, premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris (Salle Favart II) on 8 March 1880.
Opera
© Olivier Lalane
“The young composer’s [Léo Delibes’s] orchestration is exquisite, it rejects the banality of easy effects, it is a constant source of new ideas which not only charm but also interest the listener, it plays around the voices without detriment [...], it is as sonorous as can be, when necessary, without ever being harsh; in a word, it is perfection.”
(Camille Saint-Saëns, Le Voltaire, 13 March 1880).

Dates

Wed 14 January 2026
19.00
Müpa, Budapest

Performers

HUNGARIAN NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
György Vashegyi conductor
HUNGARIAN NATIONAL CHOIR
Csaba Somos chorus master

Jean de Nivelle Cyrille Dubois
Arlette Mélissa Petit
Simone Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur
Diane Judith van Wanroij
Le Comte de Charolais Tassis Christoyannis
Malicorne François Rougier
Beautreillis Jean-Philippe Mc Clish
Le Page Isolin Juliette Mey
Saladin / Un Héraut / Un Vieillard Adrien Fournaison
Concert version
Co-production Hungarian National Philharmonic / Palazzetto Bru Zane
Score published by Heugel (revised by the Palazzetto Bru Zane)
To be recorded for the ‘French opera’ series – Bru Zane Label
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