Opera Festival in Wexford: the Return of the Forgotten Masterpieces

Posted by Eleanor Price on January 16th, 2016

This year, it has been held for the 64th time. Wexford Festival specializes in productions of the neglected masterpieces.

This year, as mentioned at buy essays online one of those returned masterpieces was the opera by French composer Ferdinand Herold "Meadow scribes" (or "Pre-Eau Claire," French. Le Pré aux Clercs). This work belongs to the genre of the French comic opera, or "Opera Comique" in which singing is interchanged with spoken dialogue. This opera was premiered in 1832. People enjoyed it. There were many years of popularity, comparable to new musicals.

The opera was written and based on the novel of Prosper Merimee "Chronicle of the reign of Charles IX". The action takes place in France at the XVI century (a few days after the massacre of St. Bartholomew). The story evolves around a love story of two young Protestant Huguenots: Isabella, a maid of Queen Margaret, and the Baron de Merzh.

Nico Darmanin is a tenor: "My character is trying to be careful after the occurred massacre. But he is in love. He reminds me a little hero of Clint Eastwood: calm, but who is best to avoid because they are willing to die for what they believe. "

Marie-Eve Mangere has soprano: "Isabella de Montal is ardent, passionate, a little wild. She is the only Protestant in the French court.While working on it, we presented her as a Woman-cowboy who would like to ride in the fields, but it turned out to be locked up, living at the court and forced to wear uncomfortable dress. In my opinion, it is very funny that our characters are "Clint Eastwood" and the girl cowboy as in Western. "

Jean-Luc Tang is a director: "For me, the revival of this opera is very important. It occupied a central place in the French repertoire until "Carmen" and "Faust". Our task is to modernize it, to revitalize and refresh. Music of Herold is very good. It is very close to the music of Gioacchino Rossini and Carl Maria von Weber. But there is a specificity of French Romanticism. This performance allows to open up completely. "

Marie-Eve Mangere "Aria of Isabella is a quite unusual thing (quite virtuosic and very beautiful). This is a great opera! "

About the Author: Victoria Lamb is a blogger at paper writing service. She writes reviews for magazines in NY. She got a major «Music art» after graduating from the university in NY.

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