Dinorah
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Dinorah, originally Le pardon de Ploërmel (The Pardon of Ploërmel), is an 1859 French opéra comique in three acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. The story takes place near the rural town of Ploërmel and is based on two Breton tales by Émile Souvestre, "La Chasse aux trésors" and "Le Kacouss de l'Armor", both published separately in 1850 in the Revue des deux mondes.
Key facts
- Opera.name
- DinorahLe pardon de Ploërmel
- Opera.type
- Opéra comique
- Opera.composer
- Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Opera.image
- Poster for Le pardon de Ploërmel 1859.jpg
- Opera.image_upright
- 1.2
- Opera.caption
- Poster for the premiere depicting Corentin, Dinorah, and Hoël
- Opera.language
- French
- Opera.based_on
- Breton tales
- Opera.premiere_location
- Opéra-Comique
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Ploërmel
- Genre
- opera
- Composer
- Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Librettist
- Michel Carré
- Image
- Un sito agreste, bozzetto di Carlo Ferrario per Dinorah (1870) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON012102.jpg
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- date of first performance
- 1859-04-04
- Commons category
- Dinorah
- language of work or name
- French
- location of first performance
- Opéra-Comique
- publication date
- 1850-00-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- opera
- title
- Dinorah, ou Le Pardon de Ploermel
- number of parts of this work
- 3
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Roles
- Synopsis
- Act 1
- Act 2
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Act 3
- Performance history
- Recordings
- Libretto and scores
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Dinorah, originally Le pardon de Ploërmel (The Pardon of Ploërmel), is an 1859 French opéra comique in three acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. The story takes place near the rural town of Ploërmel and is based on two Breton tales by Émile Souvestre, "La Chasse aux trésors" and "Le Kacouss de l'Armor", both published separately in 1850 in the Revue des deux mondes.
==Roles==
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