L'étoile de Séville

L'Étoile de Séville
Grand opera by Michael William Balfe
The composer in 1846
Translation	The Star of Seville
Librettist	Hippolyte Lucas
Language	French
Based on	La Estrella de Sevilla [es] by Andrés de Claramonte
Premiere	17 December 1845 (1845-12-17) Salle Le Peletier, Paris

L'Étoile de Séville (The Star of Seville) is a grand opera in four acts composed by Michael William Balfe to a libretto by Hippolyte Lucas based on Andrés de Claramonte's 1623 play La Estrella de Sevilla.[1] It premiered at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 17 December 1845 with Rosine Stoltz in the title role.

Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast

Roles	Voice type	Premiere cast 17 December 1845, Conductor: François Habeneck
Estrella	soprano	Rosine Stoltz
Zaïda	soprano	Marie-Dolorès Nau
Don Sanche	tenor	Italo Gardoni
Don Bustos	tenor	Hippolyte Brémont
Pedro	tenor	Paulin
King	baritone	Paul Barroilhet
Don Arias	bass	Joseph Menghis
Gomez	bass	Ferdinand Prévôt

References

Notes

1. Casaglia also credits Léon Pillet for the libretto, but only Lucas is given authorship in the printed libretto. Lucas does thank Pillet for "benevolent guidance and experienced care" on p. 3. Pillet was the director of the Paris Opera at the time.

Sources

• Barrett, William Alexander (1882). Balfe: His Life and Work. Remington and Co.
• Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "L´étoile de Séville, 17 December 1845". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
• Lucas, Hippolyte (1845). L'étoile de Séville: grand opéra en 4 actes (libretto). V. Jonas (Paris)
• Pérez Fernández, Julián Jesús (2022), De La Estrella de Sevilla a L'Etoile de Séville, Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla