L'Étoile de Séville (The Star of Seville) is a grand opéra in four acts composed by Michael William Balfe to a libretto by Hippolyte Lucas based on Andrés de Claramonte's 1623 play La Estrella de Sevilla.Casaglia also credits Léon Pillet for the libretto, but only Lucas is given authorship in the printed libretto. Lucas does thank Pillet for "benevolent guidance and experienced care" on p. 3. Pillet was the director of the Paris Opera at the time. It premiered at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 17 December 1845 with Rosine Stoltz in the title role.
Roles
+RolesVoice typePremiere cast 17 December 1845,Conductor: François HabeneckEstrellasopranoRosine StoltzZaïdasopranoMarie-Dolorès NauDon Sanchetenor Italo GardoniDon BustostenorHippolyte BrémontPedrotenorPaulinKingbaritonePaul BarroilhetDon AriasbassJoseph MenghisGomezbassFerdinand Prévôt
References Notes
Sources Barrett, William Alexander (1882). Balfe: His Life and Work. Remington and Co.
Lucas, Hippolyte (1845). L'étoile de Séville: grand opéra en 4 actes (libretto). V. Jonas (Paris) Pérez Fernández, Julián Jesús (2022), De La Estrella de Sevilla a L'Etoile de Séville, Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla