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Dèbora e Jaéle (Deborah and Jael) is an opera in three acts composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti who also wrote the libretto. The libretto is based on the story of Deborah and Jael from the Book of Judges in the Bible. However, it differs in several ways from the traditional Biblical account, primarily in the motivations of its characters and the ...
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a 2,071-seat theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located at the southeast corner of University Avenue and Queen Street West, across from Osgoode Hall. The land on which it is located was a gift from the Government of Ontario.
David et Jonathas (David and Jonathan), H.490, is an opera in five acts and a prologue by the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, first performed at the Collège Louis-le-Grand, Paris, on 28 February 1688. The libretto, by Father François Bretonneau, is based on the Old Testament story of the friendship between David and Jonathan.
The opera uses a Hebrew language libretto by Armand Lunel which is based on the Books of Samuel. [1] The work was commissioned with funds provided by conductor Serge Koussevitzky who died prior to the opera's premiere, and was composed in celebration of the 3,000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Jerusalem by King David ; the man who ...
Opera Atelier is an opera company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1985. The company mounts baroque operas and ballets from the 17th and 18th centuries that are presented in venues located in Toronto's Theatre District. [1] For many years, their productions have been performed at the Elgin Theatre. [2]
The Canadian Opera Company announces AtG as the first-ever company–in–residence in the history of Canada’s largest opera organization. [29] 2018-2019 An international co-production of Orphée⁺ between Opera Columbus, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and AtG is rehearsed at Banff Centre and premiers in Toronto. [30] [31] [32] [33]
Méhul probably met Duval, an ex-soldier and actor, at the salon of Sophie Gay and suggested composing an opera on the Biblical story of Joseph (Genesis 37–45).In writing Joseph, Méhul and his librettist may have been trying to exploit the contemporary vogue for operas on religious themes and the French fascination for Egypt after Napoleon's expedition to the country in 1798.