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''Le Huron'' (''The
''Le Huron'' (''The Huron
Huron may refer to:
People
* Wyandot people (or Wendat), indigenous to North America
* Wyandot language, spoken by them
* Huron-Wendat Nation, a Huron-Wendat First Nation with a community in Wendake, Quebec
* Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi ...
'') is a French ''opéra comique
''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...
'' in two acts by André Grétry
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a
composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous ...
. The libretto
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...
is by Jean-François Marmontel
Jean-François Marmontel (11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799) was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement.
Biography
He was born of poor parents at Bort, Limousin (today in Corrèze). After studying with th ...
based on the story ''L'Ingénu
''L'Ingénu'' ( , , ), sometimes subtitled ''The Sincere Huron'' in English, is a satirical novella by the French philosopher Voltaire, published in 1767.
Overview
The work tells the story of a Wyandot people, Huron "child of nature" who, after ...
'' (1767) by Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...
. It was the composer's first big success with Parisian audiences.
Performance history
It was first performed on 20 August 1768 by theComédie-Italienne
Comédie-Italienne or Théâtre-Italien are French names which have been used to refer to Italian-language theatre and opera when performed in France.
The earliest recorded visits by Italian players were commedia dell'arte companies employed b ...
at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
It was revived in 2010 and 2011:
* 12 December 2010, Bourgueil Abbey (France), conductor: Julien Dubruque (concert version)
* 1 November 2011, Theatre Adyar (Paris, France), conductor: Julien Dubruque; stage director: Henri Dalem
Roles
Synopsis
The story is set inBrittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
and concerns a love affair between a local girl and a man raised by the Huron Indians
The Wyandot people, or Wyandotte and Waⁿdát, are Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands. The Wyandot are Iroquoian Indigenous peoples of North America who emerged as a confederacy of tribes around the north shore of Lake Ontario w ...
in America.
Sources
Further reading
*''The Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', byJohn Warrack
John Hamilton Warrack (born 1928, in London) is an English music critic, writer on music, and oboist.
Warrack is the son of Scottish conductor and composer Guy Warrack. He was educated at Winchester College (1941-6) and then at the Royal College ...
and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages,
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huron, Le Opéras comiques Operas by André Grétry French-language operas Operas Operas based on works by Voltaire