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''Tarare'' is an opéra ( tragédie lyrique) composed by Antonio Salieri to a French
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 ...
by Pierre Beaumarchais. It was first performed by the
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at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin on 8 June 1787. Salieri also reworked the material into an Italian version retitled '' Axur, re d'Ormus'' with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, which opened in Vienna in January 1788.


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Discography

Cyrile Dubois, Tarare and ombre de Tarare,
Karine Deshayes Karine Deshayes (; born 25 January 1973) is a French mezzo-soprano. Biography Deshayes was born in Rueil-Malmaison. She studied musicology at the Sorbonne, then singing with Mireille Alcantara at the Conservatoire de Paris,ODB-Opéra (2005) i ...
, Astasie and ombre de Astasie, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Atar and ombre d'Atar, Judith van Wanroij, La Nature and Spinette, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Les Talens Lyriques, conducted by Christophe Rousset. Aparté 2019.


References

;Notes ;Sources * Original libretto: ''Tarare, Opéra en cinq actes, avec un prologue; Représenté, pour la première fois, sur le Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, le vendredi 8 Juin 1787'', Paris: Delormel, 1787 (accessible for free online a
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* Georges d'Heylli & Fernand de Marescot (editors), ''Théâtre complet de Beaumarchais. Réimpression des éd. princeps, avec les variantes des ms originaux ...'', Paris: Académie des bibliophiles, 1869–1871, IV, pp. 1–171 (accessible for free online a
Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
* Francesco Blanchetti, ''Tarare'', in Piero Gelli and Filippo Poletti (editors), '' Dizionario dell'opera 2008'', Milan, Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2007, pp. 1259–1260, (reproduced online a
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Score
University of North Texas Music Library * {{authority control Operas 1787 operas French-language operas Operas by Antonio Salieri Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera