Marie Victoire
Music by Ottorino Respighi · libretto by Edmond Guiraud · premiered 2004 · at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Marie Victoire (1912–1914, première 2004) is a French-language opera in four acts by the composer Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Edmond Guiraud (1879–1961) based on his French-language play of the same name, set in the French Revolution. This opera was composed between 1912 and 1914 but, in spite of various plans, was not performed during the life of Respighi, due to the outbreak of World War I but also to the hostility towards the work of the wife of the composer, Elsa. It was premiered on 27 January 2004 at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome. Marie Victoire is an opera with a large number of characters, distinguished for the «frequent recourse to direct citations of revolutionary songs and court dances» and for a «vocal style that associates to the classical lyric singing the declamation and the arioso without veristic excesses».
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About the Composer
Ottorino Respighi is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Ottorino Respighi
- La fiamma (1908)
- La bella dormente nel bosco (1922)
- Belfagor (1923)
- La campana sommersa (1927)
- Maria egiziaca (1932)
- Lucrezia (1937)