Haydée
Music by Daniel Auber · libretto by Eugène Scribe · premiered 1847 · at Opéra-Comique
Haydée, ou Le secret is an opéra comique by the French composer Daniel Auber, first performed by the Théâtre Royal de l'Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris on 28 December 1847. The libretto (in three acts) is by Auber's regular collaborator, Eugène Scribe and is based on a short story by Prosper Mérimée, La Partie de trictrac (1830). The opera was performed regularly by the Opéra-Comique up to the end of the 19th century, achieving over 520 performances there.
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About the Composer
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (French: [danjɛl fʁɑ̃swa ɛspʁi obɛːʁ]; 29 January 1782 – 12 May 1871) was a French Romantic composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when the family's fortunes failed in 1820. He soon established a professional partnership with the librettist Eugène Scribe that lasted for 41 years and produced 39 operas, most of them commercial and critical successes. He is mostly associated with opéra-comique and composed 35 works in that genre. With Scribe he wrote the first French grand opera, La Muette de Portici (The Dumb Woman of Portici) in 1828,…
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Other Operas by Daniel Auber
- Gustave III
- La circassienne (1787)
- Fra Diavolo (1800)
- La muette de Portici (1830)
- Le cheval de bronze (1835)
- L'ambassadrice (1836)
- La part du diable (1843)
- La sirène (1844)