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hérubin

Comédie chanté en 3 actes

Libretto by Francis de Croisset and Henri Cain

Music by Jules Massenet

First Performance: Opéra de Monte Carlo, February 14, 1905

First Cast:

Chérubin, petite falcon

Mary Garden

L'Ensoleillad, soprano

Lina Cavalieri

Nina, soprano

Marguerite Carré

La Comptesse, soprano

Mme. Doux

L Baronne, mezzo-soprano

Blanche Deschamps-Jehin

La Philosophe, bass chantante

Maurice Renaud

Le Comte, tenor (comic)

M. Lequien

Le Baron, baritone (comic)

Mr. Nerval

Le Captaine Ricardo, tenor

M. Chalmin

L'Hôtelier, baritone (comic)

M. Poudrier

Un Officier (very tall)

M. Crupeninck

Six Manolas, sopranos

 

Army officiers, tenors

 

Conductor

Léon Jehin

de Croisset’s Chérubin

 

1905

Overture:

The authors


Francis de Croisset


Henri Cain


Massenet around 1905

The performers


Marguerite Carré as Nina

Sets & Costumes


Act I


Act II

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Poster


Poster from Monte Carlo Opéra


Poster from Paris

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