Le lac des fées (Auber, Daniel François Esprit)

Title Le lac des fées
Alternative title Opéra en cinq actes
Creators Daniel François Esprit Auber, composer
Eugène Scribe, librettist
Opus AWV 32
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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First published 1839
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Composition types Fairy operas
Language French
Period Romantic
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View Overture piano 4 hands Max Schultze
View Overture violin and piano Auguste Mathieu Panseron
View Marche des rois (Act III) piano William Dressler

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Troupenas 1839 PreliminariesOvertureAct 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4Act 5
View Overture Troupenas Complete Score
View Overture parts Troupenas Cover
Flute/Piccolo
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1/2 (C)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2 (G), 3/4 (C)
Trumpet 1/2 (G-E)
Cornet 1/2 (G-E)
Trombone 1, 2, 3, Ophicleid
Timpani
Triangle, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Bass Drum
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Overture parts Boosey & Hawkes Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2
Clarinet 1/2
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2 (G)
Cornet 1/2
Trombone 1/2, Bass trombone
Timpani, Snare drum, Bass drum
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete vocal score Brandus Preliminaries, Acts 1-2
Acts 3-5
View Complete selections,vocal score Troupenas 1839 No.1, Chœur d'étudiants: "À travers ces rochers terribles" (Act I, No.1)
No.2, Air: "Ils s'éloignent, je reste" (Act I, No.2)
No.3, Chœur de fées: "Sur cette prairie" (Act I, No.3b)
No.4, Air: "Mes sœurs, attendez moi de grâce" (Act I, No.4b)
No.5, Air: "C'en est donc fait le mariage" (Act II, No.5a)
No.6, Romance: "La nuit et l'orage" (Act II, No.6)
No.7, Air: "Avec adresse, avec audace" (Act II, No.7a), C major
No.7bis, Air: "Avec adresse, avec audace" (Act II, No.7a), E flat major
No.8, Duo: "Ah! jamais l'on n'a vu ressemblance" (Act II, No.8)
No.9, Duo: "Asile modeste et tranquille" (Act III, No.10)
No.10, Chœur d'étudiants: "Vive, vive la jeunesse" (Act III, No.11)
No.11, Chœur: "Noël, noël, largesses" (Act III, No.12)
No.12, Couplets: "C'est le sort qui seul te donne" (Act III, No.13b)
No.13, Air: "C'est moi qui l'ai frappée" (Act IV, No.15)
No.14, Couplets: "Pourquoi cet air de joie" (Act IV, No.16a)
No.15, Quatuor: "Ainsi jusqu'à ce jour dédaigneuse" (Act IV, No.17)
No.16, Chœur de fées: "Elle dort, glissez en silence" (Act V, No.19a)
No.17, Cavatine: "Sans doute à quelques fêtes" (Act V, No.19b)
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Max Schultze
Litolff Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for violin and piano
by Auguste Mathieu Panseron
Troupenas 1839 Piano Part
Violin Part
View Marche des rois (Act III) Arrangement for piano
by William Dressler
William Hall & Son 1853 Complete Score

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