Composition: Le pardon de Ploërmel (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)

Title Le pardon de Ploërmel: Opéra comique en trois actes
Alternative title Dinorah, oder Die Wallfahrt nach Ploërmel
Creators Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) and Jules Barbier (librettist)
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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First published 1859
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Composition types Operas comiques
Language French
Period Romantic
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view Complete piano
view Complete piano Not credited
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) harp and piano John Thomas
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) violin and piano D. Angelo
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) piano Anton Strelezki
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) piano Anna Caroline Oury
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) piano Oscar Pfeiffer
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) piano Brinley Richards
view Schattentanz violin and piano Richard Hofmann

Scores

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view "Ombre légère" (Act II Scene 1) parts Manuscript Flute 1, 2/3
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (E)
Trumpet 1, 2 (B)
Trombone 1, 2, 3
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
view Complete vocal score Brandus Complete Score
view Complete vocal score Brandus Complete Score
Overture
Act I
Act II
Act III
view Complete vocal score Ricordi 1861 Preface and libretto
Overture with choruses
Act I
Act II
Act III
view Complete vocal score Boosey & Hawkes Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I
Act II - Act III
Color Cover
view Complete Michel Lévy 1874 Complete Libretto
view Complete Arrangement for piano Boosey & Hawkes Complete Score
view Complete Arrangement for piano
by Not credited
Bote & Bock Complete Score
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) Arrangement for harp and piano
by John Thomas
Lamborn Cock Harp Part
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) Arrangement for violin and piano
by D. Angelo
Pond Complete Score
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) Arrangement for piano
by Anton Strelezki
Witzmann & Co. 1882 Abridgement, entitled "Waltz"
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) Arrangement for piano
by Anna Caroline Oury
Boosey & Hawkes Complete Score
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) Arrangement for piano
by Oscar Pfeiffer
E. Bevilacqua & Cia Complete Score
view Aria "Ombra leggera" (Act II, No.11) Arrangement for piano
by Brinley Richards
Boosey & Hawkes 1859 Complete Score
view Schattentanz Arrangement for violin and piano
by Richard Hofmann
Zimmermann Complete Score and Violin Part

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view Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris (orchestra) Mado Robin (soprano) and Pierre Dervaux (conductor) Air de Dinorah “Ombre légère qui suit mes pas”
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