Gluck revised the work to a versified adaptation by Pierre-Louis Moline of the original libretto, to which was also added (for Lubin) the ariette "Près de l'objet qui m'inflamme", parodied from Gluck's earlier opera Le cadi dupé. The revised version was first performed on 27 February 1775 as L'arbre enchanté, at the Palace of Versailles.[4][5]
The story is slightly varied in Chaucer's tale of May and Januarie ("The Merchant's Tale"), where it is instead the pair of lovers who climb the tree.
The diarist Karl von Zinzendorf related that Gluck sang the part of an ailing singer from the wings in 1761.[3]
^Vadé's work was an early form of opéra comique known as comédie en vaudeville. Although he may have written some of the music for the airs, most were probably sung to well known popular tunes known as vaudevilles (Sadler 1992, p. 883).
^Information at the césar website[dead link] suggests that Louis Heurteaux dit Dancourt and Pierre-Louis Moline played roles in the Vienna production, perhaps as dramaturges. But Dancourt arrived in Vienna in 1762, and Brown 2001 credits Moline only with the recasting of the spoken dialogue in verse for the Paris version.
^Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "3 October 1759". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
Sources
Brown, Bruce Alan (1992). "Arbre enchanté, L'" in Sadie 1992, vol. 1, p. 163.
Brown, Bruce Alan (2001). "Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von. 3. Vienna, 1752–60" in Sadie 2001.
Rushton, Julian (1992). "Moline, Pierre-Louis" in Sadie 1992, vol. 3, p. 425.
arbre, enchanté, tuteur, dupé, magic, tree, tutor, duped, opéra, comique, christoph, willibald, gluck, libretto, based, 1752, opéra, comique, poirier, peartree, with, text, jean, joseph, vadé, vadé, libretto, based, tale, from, boccaccio, decameron, retold, je. L arbre enchante ou Le tuteur dupe The Magic Tree or the Tutor Duped Wq 42 is a one act opera comique by Christoph Willibald Gluck to a libretto based on the 1752 opera comique Le poirier The Peartree with a text by Jean Joseph Vade 1 Vade s libretto was based on a tale from Boccaccio s Decameron as retold by Jean de La Fontaine 2 Gluck s opera was written for the name day of Emperor Francis I premiering at the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna on the evening of 3 October 1759 the anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi 3 Gluck revised the work to a versified adaptation by Pierre Louis Moline of the original libretto to which was also added for Lubin the ariette Pres de l objet qui m inflamme parodied from Gluck s earlier opera Le cadi dupe The revised version was first performed on 27 February 1775 as L arbre enchante at the Palace of Versailles 4 5 The story is slightly varied in Chaucer s tale of May and Januarie The Merchant s Tale where it is instead the pair of lovers who climb the tree The diarist Karl von Zinzendorf related that Gluck sang the part of an ailing singer from the wings in 1761 3 Roles editRole Voice type Premiere cast 3 October 1759 6 Claudine a young woman sopranoLucette her sister sopranoLubin aka Pierot Lucette s suitor haute contreBlaise a fisherman tenorThomas Lucette s tutor bassM Debonsecours bassReferences editNotes Vade s work was an early form of opera comique known as comedie en vaudeville Although he may have written some of the music for the airs most were probably sung to well known popular tunes known as vaudevilles Sadler 1992 p 883 Brown 1992 p 162 a b Brown 2001 Brown 1992 p 162 Rushton 1992 p 425 Information at the cesar website dead link suggests that Louis Heurteaux dit Dancourt and Pierre Louis Moline played roles in the Vienna production perhaps as dramaturges But Dancourt arrived in Vienna in 1762 and Brown 2001 credits Moline only with the recasting of the spoken dialogue in verse for the Paris version Casaglia Gherardo 2005 3 October 1759 L Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia in Italian Sources Brown Bruce Alan 1992 Arbre enchante L in Sadie 1992 vol 1 p 163 Brown Bruce Alan 2001 Gluck Christoph Willibald Ritter von 3 Vienna 1752 60 in Sadie 2001 Rushton Julian 1992 Moline Pierre Louis in Sadie 1992 vol 3 p 425 Sadie Stanley editor 1992 The New Grove Dictionary of Opera 4 volumes London Macmillan ISBN 978 1 56159 228 9 Sadie Stanley editor 2001 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd edition London Macmillan ISBN 978 1 56159 239 5 hardcover OCLC 419285866 eBook Sadler Graham 1992 Vade Jean Joseph in Sadie 1992 vol 4 p 883 External links editL Arbre enchante vocal score and parts Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title L 27arbre enchante amp oldid 1085731844, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
