Enfant et les Sortilèges, L' (The Child and the Magic)
Classification added November 24, 2015Premiered March 21, 1925, February 1, 1926
Monte Carlo (1925) Paris, Opéra-Comique (1926)
Composer:
Maurice Ravel
Original Language:
French
Librettist:
Colette
Description:
Opera in two parts
Notes:
Poem by Colette
Place:
A room in a Normandy house, which opens into a garden
Classification key
- L – Leading
- F – Featured
- S – Supporting
- B – Solo Bit
- CB – Chorus Bit
- MB – Mute Bit
| Role | Voice Part | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| The Child | Mezzo-Soprano | L |
| The Princess/Fire/Nightingale | Soprano | L |
| The Mother/Chinese Cup/Dragonfly/Shepherd | Contralto | F |
| The Little Old Man (Arithmetic)/The Tree Frog | Tenor | F |
| The Teapot (Black Wedgewood) | Tenor | F |
| The Comtoise (Grandfather) Clock/The Black Cat (Tom Cat) | Baritone | F |
| The Armchair/The Tree | Bass | F |
| The White Cat/Squirrel/Shepherdess | Mezzo-Soprano | F |
| Louis XV Bergere/Bat/Screech-Owl | Soprano | S |
| The Bergere (alone) | B | |
| The Bat (alone) | B | |
| The Screech-Owl (alone) | CB | |
| Four Solo Animals | Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass | CB |
| The Cinder | Mime | |
Minimum Chorus: 24
Divisi: SATB
Chorus Notes:
‘+ Children’s Chorus