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Le duc de Guise, the Glossary

(full title (The Duke of Guise, or The Council of Blois)) is an opéra comique in three acts by George Onslow, to a libretto by François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, based on a play from 1809 of the same name by François Just Marie Raynouard.^[1]

22 relations: Bass (voice type), Blois, Catherine de' Medici, Eugène de Planard, François Just Marie Raynouard, François-Louis Henry, Gascony, Gérard de Nerval, George Onslow (composer), Google Books, Henri I, Duke of Guise, Henry III of France, Jean-Baptiste Chollet, Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Libretto, Opéra comique, Opéra-Comique, Soprano, String quartet, Tenor, Voice type.
1837 operas
Compositions by George Onslow
Cultural depictions of Catherine de' Medici
Cultural depictions of Henry III of France
Operas set in the 16th century

Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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Blois

Blois is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.

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Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici (Caterina de' Medici,; Catherine de Médicis,; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian (Florentine) noblewoman born into the Medici family.

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Eugène de Planard

François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard (4 February 1783 – 13 November 1853), known as just Eugène de Planard, was a 19th-century French playwright.

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François Just Marie Raynouard

François Just Marie Raynouard (18 September 1761 – 27 October 1836) was a French dramatist and linguist.

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François-Louis Henry

François-Louis(-Ferdinand) Henry (12 May 1786 – 22 February 1855) was a French baritone, who sang for about 35 years with the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where he created numerous leading roles.

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Gascony

Gascony (Gascogne; Gasconha; Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453).

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Gérard de Nerval

Gérard de Nerval (22 May 1808 – 26 January 1855), the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, was a French essayist, poet, translator, and travel writer.

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George Onslow (composer)

André George(s) Louis Onslow (27 July 1784 – 3 October 1853) was a French composer of English descent.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Henri I, Duke of Guise

Henri I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 – 23 December 1588), sometimes called Le Balafré ('Scarface'), was the eldest son of François, Duke of Guise, and Anna d'Este.

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Henry III of France

Henry III (19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.

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Jean-Baptiste Chollet

Jean-Baptiste Marie Chollet (20 May 1798 – 10 January 1892) was a French musician and operatic singer (baritone, later tenor).

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Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc

Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc (10 March 1810 – 16 April 1875) was a French operatic tenor (and later baritone) prominent on the stages of the Opéra Comique in Paris where he created numerous roles.

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Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges

Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (7 November 1799 – 23 December 1875) was a French playwright, who was born and died in Paris.

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Libretto

A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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Opéra comique

Opéra comique (plural: opéras comiques) is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. Le duc de Guise and opéra comique are opéras comiques.

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Opéra-Comique

The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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String quartet

The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them.

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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.

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Voice type

A voice type is a group of voices with similar vocal ranges, capable of singing in a similar tessitura, and with similar vocal transition points (passaggi).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_duc_de_Guise