Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
L'île de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé Merlin 's Island, or the World Upended) is an opéra comique Christoph Willibald Gluck to a 1753 French libretto by Louis Anseaume based on Alain René Lesage and D'Orneval's 1718 vaudeville comedy Le monde renversé . Gluck's version was first performed on 3 October 1758 at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
Roles
Role
Voice type
Premiere Cast, 3 October 1758
Merlin
tenor
Argentine, Merlin's niece
soprano
Diamantine, Merlin's niece
soprano
Pierrot
bass
Scapin
bass
A philosopher
tenor
M. de la Candeur, a dandy
tenor
Hippocratine
soprano
Chevalier de Catonville, a procurator
tenor
M. Prud'homme, a notary
bass
Hanif
tenor
Zerbin
spoken role
References
"Review: L'Ile de Merlin" . Charleston City Paper
"Preface" (English translation by Bradford J. Robinson). L'Ile de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle
External links
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