Le Rêve is an 1891 opera by Alfred Bruneau to a libretto by Émile Zola based on the author's 1888 novel of the same name.[1]
Roles
edit| Role | Première Direction : Jules Danbé | |
|---|---|---|
| Angélique | Cécile Simonnet | |
| Hubertine | Blanche Deschamps-Jéhin | |
| Félicien | Pierre-Émile Engel | |
| Jean d'Hautecœur | Max Bouvet | |
| Hubert | Eugène Jérôme Lorrain | |
| Les deux enfants de chœur | Jenny Falize et Suzanne Elven |
References
edit- ^ David Mason Greene Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers 1985 -p 836 0385142781 "He had become fascinated by the novels of Emile Zola and his next effort was based on that author's Le Rêve. ... Messidor in 1897, L'Ouragon (The Hurricane) in 1901--said by many to be Bruneau's masterpiece--and L'Enfant-roi in 1905."
