''L’isle déserte'' is a 1779 opera comique by

Franz Ignaz Beck Franz Ignaz Beck (20 February 1734 – 31 December 1809) was a German violinist, composer, Conducting, conductor and music teacher. He spent the greater part of his life in France, where he became director of the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. Po ...

to a libretto by the Comte d'Ossun after

Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti. Early life Met ...

's libretto ''

l'isola disabitata ' ( English: ''The Uninhabited Island''), Hob. 28/9, is an opera (') by Joseph Haydn, his tenth opera, written for the Eszterházy court and premiered on 6 December 1779. The libretto is the only one by Metastasio set by Haydn. The libretto ha ...

'' of 1754, coincidentally reset in Italian by Haydn in the same year in the same year as Beck. The libretto had been translated into French already in 1759. Haydn also composed an entirely different singspiel version '' Die wüste Insel''. The work was never performed during Beck's lifetime, and recorded for the first time only in 2021 with

La Stagione Frankfurt La Stagione Frankfurt is a German ensemble of Baroque music, Baroque and Classical period (music), classical music, adept at historically informed performance. History The ensemble La Stagione Frankfurt was founded in 1988 by the German flautist ...

Plot

For people, Constanze, Droval, Laurette, and Sainville, find themselves stranded on an island. Constanze thinks that Dorval left her and her sister, Laurette, there because of someone else's intentions. Laurette, due to her young age, becomes greatly confused why Constanze doesn't have fond feelings for men. When a ship lands on the island, all is made well and a happy reunion is soon had.

Recording

*''L'Isle deserte'' (spoken dialogue omitted) Ana Maria Labin, Samantha Gaul, Theodore Browne, Fabian Kelly,

, Michael Schneider 1CD 2021Olivier Rouvière
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References

Operas 1799 operas French-language operas {{opera-stub