Proserpine (Saint-Saëns)

Proserpine is an 1887 drame lyrique in four acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto by Louis Gallet after Auguste Vacquerie.^[1]

Proserpine
Drame lyrique by Camille Saint-Saëns
The composer in 1900, photographed by Pierre Petit
Librettist	Louis Gallet
Language	French

Roles

• Proserpine (soprano)
• Angiola (soprano)
• Sabatino (tenor)
• Squarocca (baritone)
• Renzo (basse)
• Orlando (tenor)
• Ercole (baritone)
• Filippo (tenor)
• Gil (tenor)
• Une religieuse ‘a nun’
• Trois jeunes filles ‘three girls’
• Trois novices ‘three novices’
• Seigneurs, mendiants, religieuses, soldats ‘Lords, mendicants, nuns, soldiers’

Recordings

• Veronique Gens as Proserpine, Marie-Adeline Henry Angiola; Frédéric Antoun Sabatino; Andrew Foster-Williams Squarocca; Jean Teitgen Renzo; Mathias Vidal Orlando; Philippe-Nicolas Martin Ercole; Artavazd Sargsyan Filippo/Gil; Clémence Tilquin, a nun Munich Radio Orchestra Flanders radio choir Ulf Schirmer, Ediciones Singulares, sponsored Palazzetto Bru Zane 2016^[2]

References

1. Sabina Teller Ratner Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921: A Thematic Catalogue of His Complete Works 0198163207 2002
2. Laurent Bury (2016-09-28). "Un Saint-Saëns n'arrive jamais seul". ForumOpera.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.