The cor anglais (UK: /ˌkɔːr ˈɒŋɡleɪ/, US: /- ɑːŋˈɡleɪ/ or original French: [kɔʁ ɑ̃ɡlɛ]; plural: cors anglais), or English horn (in North American English)...
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81″E / 48.8712722°N 2.3374472°E / 48.8712722; 2.3374472 Café Anglais The Café Anglais (French pronunciation: [kafe ɑ̃ɡlɛ], English café) was a famous...
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Der fliegende Holländer (redirect from Flying Dutchman (opera))
the idea of a one-act opera on the theme of the Flying Dutchman, which he hoped might be performed before a ballet at the Opéra. The voyage through the...
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"March of the Swiss Soldiers". Paris Opéra archivist Charles Malherbe discovered the original orchestral score of the opera at a secondhand book seller's shop...
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André Messager, who was instrumental in getting the Opéra-Comique to stage the work. It is the only opera Debussy ever completed. The plot concerns a love...
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Carmen (redirect from Carmen opera)
stage works performed. The capital's two main state-funded opera houses—the Opéra and the Opéra-Comique—followed conservative repertoires that restricted...
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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (when it was sung in Italian). Wagner substantially amended the opera for a special 1861 performance by the Paris Opéra. This...
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La bohème (category Opera world premieres at the Teatro Regio (Turin))
premiered in Germany at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin on 22 June 1897. The French premiere of the opera was presented by the Opéra-Comique on 13 June 1898 at...
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Woodwinds: three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), two oboes (first doubling cor anglais), two clarinets (B-flat, A), bass clarinet (B-flat), two bassoons Brass:...
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mezzo-soprano of the oboe family, between the oboe (soprano) and the cor anglais, or English horn, (alto). It is a transposing instrument, sounding a minor...
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Letters on the English (redirect from Lettres philosophiques sur les Anglais)
edition appeared in English in 1778 as Lettres philosophiques sur les Anglais (Philosophical Letters on the English). Most modern English editions are...
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This is a complete list of the operas by André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813). Sources Bartlet, M Elizabeth C (1992), 'Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste'...
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Pagliacci (redirect from Players (opera))
Fiorentino production. The 2024 Opera Holland Park production The orchestra consists of 2 flutes, 1 piccolo, 2 oboes, 1 cor anglais, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet...
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réalité, opéra comique in 1 act and in verse, Paris, Théâtre Feydeau, 17 nivôse an XI. 1804: Le Connétable de Clisson, three-act opera, Paris, Opéra, 20 pluviôse...
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Jacques Offenbach (redirect from Operas by Jacques Offenbach)
comic pieces for the musical theatre. Finding the management of Paris's Opéra-Comique company uninterested in staging his works, in 1855 he leased a small...
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following: Woodwinds: flute (doubling piccolo, alto flute), oboe (doubling cor anglais), B-flat clarinet (doubling piccolo clarinet, A clarinet, bass clarinet)...
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des Anglais by the French, a name that would stick after the annexation of Nice by France in 1860. The Hotel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais was...
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Double Basses Woodwinds: 3 Flutes (3rd doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes, Cor Anglais, 2 Clarinets (B-flat, C, A), 2 Bassoons Brass: 4 Horns (F), 2 Cornets (B-flat)...
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William Tell Overture (category Opera excerpts)
for: a piccolo, a flute, two oboes (first or second oboe doubles a cor anglais), two clarinets in A, two bassoons, four natural horns in G and E, two...
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Paris Opéra on 22 November 1928, with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska and designs and scenario by Alexandre Benois. The orchestra of the Opéra was conducted...
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The opera features three solo singers, a wordless female chorus, and a chamber orchestra of 12 musicians (consisting of 2 flutes, a cor anglais, 2 string...
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No. 2, 1931–1933) calls for a player to double on cor anglais and heckelphone, but a cor anglais may be used for the entire part if a heckelphone is unavailable...
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Cellos, and Double Basses Woodwinds: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Cor Anglais, 2 Clarinets (B-flat & A), 2 Bassoons Brass: 4 Horns (all in F), 2 Trumpets...
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Quartet: 2 Sopranos, Tenor, Baritone 2 reed players (flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bass clarinet) 4 percussionists (vibraphone, marimbaphone, bass...
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La Vie parisienne (operetta) (redirect from La Vie parisienne (opera))
parisienne (French pronunciation: [la vi paʁizjɛn], Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri...
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Gerald (2008), Dictionnaire du pétrole et autres sources d'énergie: anglais-français, français-anglais (4 ed.), Editions TECHNIP, ISBN 978-2-7108-0911-1...
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Cirque Olympique (redirect from Amphitheatre Anglais)
initially known as the Cirque d'Astley or the Cirque Anglais. Astley's theatre, the Amphithéâtre Anglais or Amphithéâtre d'Astley, was the first purpose-built...
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of cor anglais, oboe, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trombones, timpani, bass drum, harp, and divided strings. The cor anglais is the...
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Fromental Halévy (redirect from List of operas by Halévy)
get an opera performed. Despite the mediocre reception of L'artisan, at the Opéra-Comique in 1827, Halévy moved on to be chorus master at the Opéra. The...
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A Life for the Tsar (redirect from Ivan Susanin (opera))
Alexandrov Ensemble since 2004. The opera is scored for two flutes, two oboes (second oboe doubling cor anglais), two clarinets (in B flat and A), two...
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