La part du diable
Music by Daniel Auber · libretto by Eugène Scribe · premiered 1843 · at Opéra-Comique
La part du diable ("The Devil's Share," also known by the English title Carlo Broschi) is an opéra comique by Daniel Auber to a libretto by Eugène Scribe, loosely based on an incident from the life of the singer Farinelli. It premiered at the Opéra-Comique on 16 January 1843. The original production starred Sophie Anne Thillon and Celeste Darcier alternating in the role of Casilda.
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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 sirène (1844)
- La barcarolle (1845)