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Title of the work

Don Sanche, ou le Chateau de l´Amour (S.1) / Don Sanche, or the Castle of Love (S.1)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Don Sanche, ou le Chateau de l´Amour (S.1) / Don Sanche, avagy a szerelem kastélya (S.1)
Foreign language / English title
Don Sanche, ou le Chateau de l´Amour (S.1) / Don Sanche, or the Castle of Love (S.1)
Year of composition
1825
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
4 S., 2 T., Bar. solo - choir - orchestra
Duration
90 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Language
French
Premiere information
17 October 1825, Salle Le Peletier, Opera Paris; Adolphe Nourrit (T.), Rodolphe Kreutzer (cond.)

20 October 1977, Collegiate Theatre, London (First modern performance)
Publisher / Source
MS (Not edited yet)
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 12744-45, 1997 - Gérard Garino (T.), Júlia Hamari (Ms.), István Gáti (Bar.), Katalin Farkas (S.), Ildikó Komlósi (Ms.), Mária Zádori (S.), Gábor Kállay, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Hungarian Radio and Television Choir, Tamás Pál (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1824 - 1825

Libretto by Théaulon and de Rancé, after a story by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton