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Opéra comiquebyFrançois-André Danican Philidor | |
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Portrait of Philidor, London, 1777
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Language | French |
Based on | Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling |
Premiere |
Tom Jones is a comédie mêlée d'ariettes, a kind of opéra comique, by the French composer and chess champion François-André Danican Philidor which first appeared at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris, on 27 February 1765. Its French libretto, by Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poisenet and Bertin Davesne, is loosely based on the 1749 novelbyHenry Fielding.
The opera was initially a failure but Philidor had the libretto revised by Michel-Jean Sedaine and this new version, first performed on 30 January 1766, proved one of the most popular opéras comiques of the late 18th century. It was produced in a number of other countries, and translated into German, Swedish and Russian.
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 27 February 1765 (Conductor: ) |
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Monsieur Western | bass | Joseph Caillot |
Madame Western, his sister | mezzo-soprano | Bérard |
Sophie, his daughter | soprano | Desglands |
Honora, her companion | soprano | Marie-Thérèse Laruette-Villette |
Allworthy, their neighbour | baritone | Antoine Trial |
Tom Jones, his ward | tenor | Clairval (Jean-Baptiste Guignard) |
Blifil, Allworthy's nephew | tenor | Jean-Louis Laruette |
Quaker Dowling | spoken |
François-André Danican Philidor: Tom Jones, Lausanne Opera and Le Sinfonietta de Lausanne
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