Troyens, Les (The Trojans)

Hector Berlioz | Premiered December 6, 1890 / November 4, 1863 / December 5 & 6, 1890 - Karlsruhe (12/6/1890) Part 1 – “La Prise de Troi” (III Acts) in German -Paris. Theatre-Lyrique (1863) Part 2 – “Les Troyens a Carthage” (IV Acts). Karlsruhe (12/5 & 6, 1890) Complete work

Composer:

Hector Berlioz

Original Language:

French

Librettist:

Hector Berlioz

Description:

Opera in V Acts and 9 Tableaux

Notes:

Text based on Books I, II, and IV of Virgil’s epic poem the “Aeneid”. Woven into the opera text are also ideas and events drawn from other parts of the poem (incl. from books XII, III, & V). The first two Acts of the opera are set in Troy. The action of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Acts takes place in Carthage, the Tyrian city on the north coast of Africa founded by Dido.

Time:

The Trojan War – after the war

Place:

Troy – in and near Carthage

Role	Voice Part	Classification
Aeneas (Enee)	Tenor	L
Dido	Mezzo-Soprano	L
Cassandra (Cassadre)	Soprano	L
Chorebus (Chorebe)	Baritone	F
Anna	Contralto	F
Narbal	Bass	F
The Shade of Hector/The Ghost of Hector	Bass	S
Panthus (Panthee)	Bass	S
Ascanius (Ascagne)	Mezzo-Soprano	S
Iopas	Tenor (High Range)	S
Hylas	Tenor	S
Helenus	Tenor	S
King Priam / The Ghost of Priam	Bass	S
Hecuba / The Ghost of Cassandra	Mezzo-Soprano	S
A Trojan Soldier	Baritone	B
A Greek Captain	Bass	B
Andromaque (Pantomime)	Mime
Astyanax (Pantomime)	Mime
First Sentry (Soldier)	Baritone	B
Second Sentry (Soldier)	Bass	B
The Ghost of Cassandra (alone)	Mezzo-Soprano	B
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The Ghost of Chorebus	Baritone	B
The Ghost of Hector (alone)	Bass	B
The Ghost of Priam (alone)	Bass	B
The God Mercury	Bass	B (4 meas)
Polyxene	Soprano	CB
The High Priest of Pluto (Act V, last Sc.)	Bass	CB
2 Trojan Chiefs	Bass	CB

Minimum Chorus: 60
Divisi: SATB

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