L'ambassadrice is an opera or opéra comique in 3 acts by composer Daniel Auber. The work's French language libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. The opera's world premiere was staged by the Opéra-Comique at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris on 21 December 1836. It was revived in Paris on 4 January 2013 by the opera company Les Frivolités Parisiennes at the initiative of two research fellows who specialized in nineteenth-century historically informed performance, Pierre Girod (vocal coach) and Charlotte Loriot (stage director).
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere Cast,L'ambassadrice: opera-comique By Daniel François Esprit Auber, Eugène Scribe, Henri Saint-Georges at google books 21 December 1836(Conductor:)Revival Cast (Conductor: Mathieu Romano)Duke of ValbergtenorThéodore-Étienne-François Moreau-SaintiChristophe CrapezCountess Augusta of FierschembergsopranoMonselDorothée ThivetFortunatusbassRoyGuillaume PaireMadame Barneckmezzo-sopranoMarie-Julie HallignerLaure IlefHenriettesopranoLaure Cinti-Damoreau Magali LégerCharlottesopranoJenny Colon Estelle LefortBenedicttenorJoseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc Jean-François Novelli
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