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Monna Vanna is a dramme lyrique or opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 in four acts by composer Henry Février
Henry Février

Henry F?vrier was a France composer....
. The opera's French libretto
Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, Musical theater, and ballet....
 is by playwright Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 in literature....
 and is based on his play of the same name. The opera premiered on 13 January 1909 at the Académie Nationale de Musique
Palais Garnier

The Palais Garnier, also known as the Op?ra de Paris or Op?ra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Op?ra, is a 2,200-seat opera house on the Place de l'Op?ra in Paris, France....
 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
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Monna Vanna is a dramme lyrique or opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 in four acts by composer Henry Février
Henry Février

Henry F?vrier was a France composer....
. The opera's French libretto
Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, Musical theater, and ballet....
 is by playwright Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 in literature....
 and is based on his play of the same name. The opera premiered on 13 January 1909 at the Académie Nationale de Musique
Palais Garnier

The Palais Garnier, also known as the Op?ra de Paris or Op?ra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Op?ra, is a 2,200-seat opera house on the Place de l'Op?ra in Paris, France....
 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
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Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere Cast, 13 January 1909
(Conductor:)
Giovanna (Monna Vanna), Guido's wifesoprano
Soprano

A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four part chorale style harmony the soprano takes the highest part which usually encompasses the melody....
Lucienne Bréval
Lucienne Bréval

Lucienne Br?val was a Swiss dramatic soprano who had a major international opera career from 1892-1918. Although she appeared throughout Europe and in the United States, Br?val spent most of her career performing with the Op?ra National de Paris where she became a greatly admired interpreter of French grand opera roles and Wagner heroines....
Guido Colonna, commander of the Pisan GarrisonbassVanni Marcoux
Vanni Marcoux

Jean-?mile Diog?ne Marcoux was a French bass-baritone, who was known professionally as Vanni Marcoux . He was particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories....
Marco Colonna, Guido's fatherbaritone
Baritone

Baritone is a type of European classical music male voice type that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice....
Jean-François Delmas
Prinzivalle, General in the pay of Florencetenor
Tenor

The tenor is a type of male voice type and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between the C one octave below middle C to the A above in choral music, and up to high C in solo work....
Lucien Muratore
Lucien Muratore

File:Lucien Muratore in Dejanire.jpgLucien Muratore was a French actor and operatic tenor, particularly associated with the French repertory....
Trivulzio, Commissioner of the Florentine RepublicbassJoachim Cerdan
Borso, Guido's lieutenant Conguet
Torello, Guido's lieutenant Triadou
Vedio, Prinzivalle's secretarytenorGeorges Nansen
Nobles, Soldiers, Peasants, etc.chorus
Chorus

Chorus may refer to:...
 


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