Le lac des fées (The Fairy Lake) is a grand opera in five acts composed by Daniel Auber to a French librettobyEugène Scribe and Mélesville (the pen name of Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier). The story is set in the Harz Mountains and based on a German ballad. The opera was premiered by the Paris Opera at the Salle Le Peletier on 1 April 1839.
Role[1] | Voice type[2] | Premiere Cast,[3] 1 April 1839 (Conductor: ) |
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Zéila, young fairy | soprano | Maria Delorès Nau |
Albert, student | tenor | Gilbert Duprez |
Marguerite, innkeeper | soprano | Rosine Stoltz |
Rodolphe de Cronembourg, seigneur châtelain | bass | Nicolas Levasseur |
Issachar, Jewish merchant | tenor | Pierre François Wartel |
Fritz, student, companion of Albert | bass | Ferdinand Prévôt |
Conrad, student, companion of Albert | tenor | Alexis Dupont |
Pickler, crook | bass | Molinier |
Edda, young fairy | soprano | Élian Barthélemy |
A young shepherd | soprano | Élian Barthélemy |
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