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Le chalet

April 11, 2024

For the French TV series, see The Chalet (TV series).

Le chalet is an opéra comique in one act by Adolphe Adam to a French libretto by Eugène Scribe and Mélesville after the singspiel Jery und Bätely by Goethe. The score re-uses material from Adam's Prix de Rome cantata Ariane a Naxos (1825).[1] The text for the singspiel had previously been set to music by Peter Winter, 1790, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, 1801, and Conradin Kreutzer, 1810, and was done later by Donizetti, 1836, Julius Rietz, 1841, Heinrich Stihl, 1867, and Ingeborg Bronsart, 1873.

Adolphe Adam, Lithograph, 1850

Performance history edit

The opera was premiered on 25 September 1834 by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse. The work had a long and successful career at the Opéra-Comique; it reached its 500th performance in 1851, its 1,000th in 1873 and 1,500th in 1922 with Miguel Villabella as Daniel,[2] reaching 1,547 by 1950.[3]

In a rare revival and "a double-bill of the same opera by different composers", Le Chalet was performed before Betly by Donizetti on the same evening at the Stadttheater Solothurn in October 2023 during the 2023-24 season.[4]

Roles edit

 
 
 
Costume designs for Daniel, Bettly, and Max in the original production
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 25 September 1834[5]
(Conductor: Henri Valentino[6])
Daniel, a young farmer tenor Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc
Bettly, Max's sister soprano Félicité Pradher, née More
Max, in the Swiss army bass-baritone Inchindi (Jean-François Hennekindt)[7]
Chorus: Soldiers, young men and women of the valley

Synopsis edit

The scene is the inside of a chalet, open at the rear with a view of the countryside, and in the distance the mountains of Appenzell in Switzerland.

After a chorus of young villagers, a young farmer, Daniel, "the handsomest young man of Appenzell" enters and sings of his love for Bettly. The villagers sing of his misguided love, but in his joy he invites all to a wedding supper that evening.

Daniel reads a letter from Bettly which she has written to him, returning his love; Bettly enters and tells of her brother Max who has been absent fighting for fifteen years. It soon becomes clear that Bettly did not write the letter to Daniel (she cannot write) and she mocks him for being taken in by a joke of her friends.

Daniel is furious, having made all the preparations for a marriage including a contract, but Bettly flatly refuses, saying she doesn't need a husband. In his letter to Bettly, Max urges her to marry – and Daniel confesses that he has asked Max to intervene on his behalf.

Daniel hears troops approaching and asks them into the chalet; Max sings of his happiness of being back in his valley "Vallons de l'Helvétie". Daniel tells Max (whom he doesn't recognise) of his woes and asks to enlist in the army.

Bettly enters and Max and his men demand food and wine. Max conceals his identity from his sister, and leads her to believe that she will be at the mercy of the whole regiment for two weeks. Daniel re-enters with an old sword, ready to become a soldier, and from all his papers gives Bettly his will to keep; in a duo she asks him to stay while the soldiers are at the chalet; he agrees and curls up to sleep in a chair.

Max comes in pretending to be a bit drunk and Bettly cries for help. Daniel wakes and after an argument Max challenges him to a duel. As Daniel insists to her that he is prepared for his army life, Bettly, impressed by Daniel's willingness to fight for her honour, tries to prevent the duel, goes to his bags and finds the marriage certificate which she quickly signs. She whispers to Daniel that this is just a ruse; without her brother's signature it will not legal, but Max has crept up and signed the contract, saying that he has tricked them both to force them to be happy together.

List of numbers edit

This list of musical numbers is based on the Tallandier piano-vocal score.[8] An earlier piano-vocal score published by Schonenberger omits No. 1 and the spoken dialogue and combines Nos. 4 and 5 as No. 3.[9] A conductor's orchestral score is held at the Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris (shelf mark F. 2736).[10]

Overture
  1. Introduction et Chorus (sopranos 1 & 2, tenors, basses) "Déjà dans la plaine"
  2. Air (Daniel) "Elle est à moi! C'est ma compagne"
  3. Couplets (Bettly) "Dans ce modeste et simple asile"
  4. Air (Max) "Arrêtons-nous ici!"
  5. Ensemble (Max, Bettly, tenors 1 & 2, basses) "Par cet étroit sentier"
  6. Couplets with chorus (Max, tenors 1 & 2, basses, a soldier) "Dans le service de l'Autriche"
    (cont.) Ensemble (Bettly, Max, tenors 1 & 2, basses) "Malgré moi je frissonne"
  7. Duo (Bettly, Daniel) "Prêt à quitter ceux que l'on aime"
  8. Duo (Max, Daniel) "Il faut me céder ta maîtresse"
  9. Romance (Daniel, Bettly) "Adieu, vous que j'ai tant chérie"
  10. Trio et Finale (Daniel, Max, Bettly, chorus) "Soutiens mon bras"

Recordings edit

  • Pierre Gianotti (Daniel), Julien Giovanetti (Max), Nadine Sautereau (Bettly), Pierre Roi (a soldier), ORTF Lyric Ensemble, Jules Gressier (conductor), broadcast performance from 1954. Released on LP by Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 314, November – December, 1976; spoken dialogue is omitted.[11] Also: Malibran CD 694 (includes additional excerpts with Armand Narçon, Edmond Tirmont and Étienne Billot), and Hamburg: Line Music, 2 CDs, 2008.[12]
  • Joseph Peyron (Daniel), Stanislas Staskiewicz (Max), Denise Boursin (Bettly), ORTF Lyric Orchestra, Albert Wolff (conductor). Recorded 20 November 1965; 33 minutes 18 seconds; musical excerpts without chorus and dialogue. Also includes music from Adam's Le farfadet with Janine Capderou, Lina Dachary, Joseph Peyron, Bernard Plantey, Bernard Demigny, and the ORTF Chamber Orchestra conducted by Robert Benedetti. Recorded 4 September 1970; 37 minutes 35 seconds. Musidisc [201942].[13] Also on Gaieté lyrique CD, 1992, Michel Parouty (liner notes), OCLC 29940067.
  • In 2017, a complete recording was issued by Timpani, with Jodie Devos (Brettly), Sébastien Droy (Daniel), Ugo Rabec (Max), and the chorus and orchestra of the Opéra de Toulon under Guillaume Tourniaire.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Forbes 1992, p. 816.
  2. ^ Wolff 1953, p. 43.
  3. ^ Art-Lyrique website list of French operas (C) - Le Chalet accessed 17 February 2024.
  4. ^ Walton, Chris. Report from Solothurn, Switzerland. Opera, January 2024, Vol.75 No.1, p104-105.
  5. ^ The cast according to Wolff 1953, p. 43, consisted of "Mmes Pradher (Bettly). MM. Couderc (Daniel), Ichindi (Max)." Full names and spellings are from the "Performer Index" in Jowers and Cavanagh 2000, pp. 473, 483, and 493, and other sources as noted.
  6. ^ Pougin 1880; Chouquet 1889.
  7. ^ According to Le guide musical (15 May 1856) the real name of the tenor known as Inchindi, who made his company debut in the role of Max in Le chalet on 23 September 1834, was Jean-François Hennekindt. He was born in Bruges on 4 March 1798. An "excellent singer but very cold actor", he had already appeared at the Opéra and the Théâtre-Italien in Paris.
  8. ^ Adam, Tallandier 1890.
  9. ^ Adam n.d. [18..]?.
  10. ^ Wild and Charlton 2005, p. 184.
  11. ^ More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings. Greenwood. 1999. p. 229. ISBN 9780313298356.
  12. ^ Le Chalet, Malibran CD 694, OCLC 632910774
  13. ^ Adam: Le Farfadet/Le Chalet at allmusic.com

Sources edit

  • Adam, Adolphe (n.d. [18..]?). Le chalet. Opéra comique en 1 acte. Paroles de Mrs. E. Scribe et Mélesville, musique de Ad. Adam (piano-vocal score, 139 pages). Paris: Schonenberger. OCLC 493629284.
  • Adam, Adolphe; Tallandier, Jules, editor (1890). Le chalet. Opéra comique en un acte. Musique de Adolphe Adam. Partition complète – piano et chant. (piano-vocal score; XVI, 244 pages). Paris: Tallandier. OCLC 608605451, 630823887.
  • Buhler, François (juin 2003). "Une pièce bien faite: le Chalet de Scribe et Adam", RMSR.
  • Buhler, François (5 mai 2003), "Le Chalet d'Adolphe Adam: quand la Suisse était un sujet exotique pour opéra-comique", RMS.
  • Chouquet, Gustave (1889). "Valentino, Henri Justin Armand Joseph", vol. 4, p. 214, in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 4 volumes. London: Macmillan.
  • Forbes, Elizabeth (1992). "Chalet, Le" in Sadie 1992, vol. 1, p. 816.
  • Jowers, Sidney Jackson; Cavanagh, John (2000). Theatrical Costume, Masks, Make-up and Wigs: A Bibliography and Iconography. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-24774-0.
  • Pougin, Arthur (1880). "Valentino (Henri-Justin-Joseph)", pp. 597–598, in Biographie universelle des musiciens et Bibliographie générale de la musique par F.-J. Fétis. Supplément et complément, vol. 2. Paris: Firmin-Didot. View at Google Books.
  • Sadie, Stanley, editor (1992). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes). London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-56159-228-9.
  • Wild, Nicole; Charlton, David (2005). Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris: répertoire 1762-1972. Sprimont, Belgium: Editions Mardaga. ISBN 978-2-87009-898-1.
  • Wolff, Stéphane (1953). Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900-1950). Paris: André Bonne. OCLC 44733987, 2174128, 78755097

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For the French TV series see The Chalet TV series Le chalet is an opera comique in one act by Adolphe Adam to a French libretto by Eugene Scribe and Melesville after the singspiel Jery und Bately by Goethe The score re uses material from Adam s Prix de Rome cantata Ariane a Naxos 1825 1 The text for the singspiel had previously been set to music by Peter Winter 1790 Johann Friedrich Reichardt 1801 and Conradin Kreutzer 1810 and was done later by Donizetti 1836 Julius Rietz 1841 Heinrich Stihl 1867 and Ingeborg Bronsart 1873 Adolphe Adam Lithograph 1850 Contents 1 Performance history 2 Roles 3 Synopsis 4 List of numbers 5 Recordings 6 Notes 7 Sources 8 External linksPerformance history editThe opera was premiered on 25 September 1834 by the Paris Opera Comique at the Salle de la Bourse The work had a long and successful career at the Opera Comique it reached its 500th performance in 1851 its 1 000th in 1873 and 1 500th in 1922 with Miguel Villabella as Daniel 2 reaching 1 547 by 1950 3 In a rare revival and a double bill of the same opera by different composers Le Chalet was performed before Betly by Donizetti on the same evening at the Stadttheater Solothurn in October 2023 during the 2023 24 season 4 Roles edit nbsp nbsp nbsp Costume designs for Daniel Bettly and Max in the original production Role Voice type Premiere cast 25 September 1834 5 Conductor Henri Valentino 6 Daniel a young farmer tenor Joseph Antoine Charles CoudercBettly Max s sister soprano Felicite Pradher nee MoreMax in the Swiss army bass baritone Inchindi Jean Francois Hennekindt 7 Chorus Soldiers young men and women of the valleySynopsis editThe scene is the inside of a chalet open at the rear with a view of the countryside and in the distance the mountains of Appenzell in Switzerland After a chorus of young villagers a young farmer Daniel the handsomest young man of Appenzell enters and sings of his love for Bettly The villagers sing of his misguided love but in his joy he invites all to a wedding supper that evening Daniel reads a letter from Bettly which she has written to him returning his love Bettly enters and tells of her brother Max who has been absent fighting for fifteen years It soon becomes clear that Bettly did not write the letter to Daniel she cannot write and she mocks him for being taken in by a joke of her friends Daniel is furious having made all the preparations for a marriage including a contract but Bettly flatly refuses saying she doesn t need a husband In his letter to Bettly Max urges her to marry and Daniel confesses that he has asked Max to intervene on his behalf Daniel hears troops approaching and asks them into the chalet Max sings of his happiness of being back in his valley Vallons de l Helvetie Daniel tells Max whom he doesn t recognise of his woes and asks to enlist in the army Bettly enters and Max and his men demand food and wine Max conceals his identity from his sister and leads her to believe that she will be at the mercy of the whole regiment for two weeks Daniel re enters with an old sword ready to become a soldier and from all his papers gives Bettly his will to keep in a duo she asks him to stay while the soldiers are at the chalet he agrees and curls up to sleep in a chair Max comes in pretending to be a bit drunk and Bettly cries for help Daniel wakes and after an argument Max challenges him to a duel As Daniel insists to her that he is prepared for his army life Bettly impressed by Daniel s willingness to fight for her honour tries to prevent the duel goes to his bags and finds the marriage certificate which she quickly signs She whispers to Daniel that this is just a ruse without her brother s signature it will not legal but Max has crept up and signed the contract saying that he has tricked them both to force them to be happy together List of numbers editThis list of musical numbers is based on the Tallandier piano vocal score 8 An earlier piano vocal score published by Schonenberger omits No 1 and the spoken dialogue and combines Nos 4 and 5 as No 3 9 A conductor s orchestral score is held at the Bibliotheque Musee de l Opera National de Paris shelf mark F 2736 10 OvertureIntroduction et Chorus sopranos 1 amp 2 tenors basses Deja dans la plaine Air Daniel Elle est a moi C est ma compagne Couplets Bettly Dans ce modeste et simple asile Air Max Arretons nous ici Ensemble Max Bettly tenors 1 amp 2 basses Par cet etroit sentier Couplets with chorus Max tenors 1 amp 2 basses a soldier Dans le service de l Autriche cont Ensemble Bettly Max tenors 1 amp 2 basses Malgre moi je frissonne Duo Bettly Daniel Pret a quitter ceux que l on aime Duo Max Daniel Il faut me ceder ta maitresse Romance Daniel Bettly Adieu vous que j ai tant cherie Trio et Finale Daniel Max Bettly chorus Soutiens mon bras Recordings editPierre Gianotti Daniel Julien Giovanetti Max Nadine Sautereau Bettly Pierre Roi a soldier ORTF Lyric Ensemble Jules Gressier conductor broadcast performance from 1954 Released on LP by Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 314 November December 1976 spoken dialogue is omitted 11 Also Malibran CD 694 includes additional excerpts with Armand Narcon Edmond Tirmont and Etienne Billot and Hamburg Line Music 2 CDs 2008 12 Joseph Peyron Daniel Stanislas Staskiewicz Max Denise Boursin Bettly ORTF Lyric Orchestra Albert Wolff conductor Recorded 20 November 1965 33 minutes 18 seconds musical excerpts without chorus and dialogue Also includes music from Adam s Le farfadet with Janine Capderou Lina Dachary Joseph Peyron Bernard Plantey Bernard Demigny and the ORTF Chamber Orchestra conducted by Robert Benedetti Recorded 4 September 1970 37 minutes 35 seconds Musidisc 201942 13 Also on Gaiete lyrique CD 1992 Michel Parouty liner notes OCLC 29940067 In 2017 a complete recording was issued by Timpani with Jodie Devos Brettly Sebastien Droy Daniel Ugo Rabec Max and the chorus and orchestra of the Opera de Toulon under Guillaume Tourniaire Notes edit Forbes 1992 p 816 Wolff 1953 p 43 Art Lyrique website list of French operas C Le Chalet accessed 17 February 2024 Walton Chris Report from Solothurn Switzerland Opera January 2024 Vol 75 No 1 p104 105 The cast according to Wolff 1953 p 43 consisted of Mmes Pradher Bettly MM Couderc Daniel Ichindi Max Full names and spellings are from the Performer Index in Jowers and Cavanagh 2000 pp 473 483 and 493 and other sources as noted Pougin 1880 Chouquet 1889 According to Le guide musical 15 May 1856 the real name of the tenor known as Inchindi who made his company debut in the role of Max in Le chalet on 23 September 1834 was Jean Francois Hennekindt He was born in Bruges on 4 March 1798 An excellent singer but very cold actor he had already appeared at the Opera and the Theatre Italien in Paris Adam Tallandier 1890 Adam n d 18 Wild and Charlton 2005 p 184 More EJS Discography of the Edward J Smith Recordings Greenwood 1999 p 229 ISBN 9780313298356 Le Chalet Malibran CD 694 OCLC 632910774 Adam Le Farfadet Le Chalet at allmusic comSources editAdam Adolphe n d 18 Le chalet Opera comique en 1 acte Paroles de Mrs E Scribe et Melesville musique de Ad Adam piano vocal score 139 pages Paris Schonenberger OCLC 493629284 Adam Adolphe Tallandier Jules editor 1890 Le chalet Opera comique en un acte Musique de Adolphe Adam Partition complete piano et chant piano vocal score XVI 244 pages Paris Tallandier OCLC 608605451 630823887 Buhler Francois juin 2003 Une piece bien faite le Chalet de Scribe et Adam RMSR Buhler Francois 5 mai 2003 Le Chalet d Adolphe Adam quand la Suisse etait un sujet exotique pour opera comique RMS Chouquet Gustave 1889 Valentino Henri Justin Armand Joseph vol 4 p 214 in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians 4 volumes London Macmillan Forbes Elizabeth 1992 Chalet Le in Sadie 1992 vol 1 p 816 Jowers Sidney Jackson Cavanagh John 2000 Theatrical Costume Masks Make up and Wigs A Bibliography and Iconography London Routledge ISBN 978 0 415 24774 0 Pougin Arthur 1880 Valentino Henri Justin Joseph pp 597 598 in Biographie universelle des musiciens et Bibliographie generale de la musique par F J Fetis Supplement et complement vol 2 Paris Firmin Didot View at Google Books Sadie Stanley editor 1992 The New Grove Dictionary of Opera 4 volumes London Macmillan ISBN 978 1 56159 228 9 Wild Nicole Charlton David 2005 Theatre de l Opera Comique Paris repertoire 1762 1972 Sprimont Belgium Editions Mardaga ISBN 978 2 87009 898 1 Wolff Stephane 1953 Un demi siecle d Opera Comique 1900 1950 Paris Andre Bonne OCLC 44733987 2174128 78755097External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le chalet Le chalet Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Le chalet libretto French and German libretti incl line by line Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Le chalet amp oldid 1215714407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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