Composition: Le roi de Lahore (Massenet, Jules)

Title Le roi de Lahore
Alternative title Opéra en cinq actes
Creators Jules Massenet (composer) and Louis Gallet (librettist)
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1872
First published 1877
Dedication Au Souvenir de Madame ... de Sainte-Marie
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Composition types Grand operas
Language French
Period Romantic
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view Original Version (1877) piano Renaud de Vilbac
view Italian Version (1878) piano Not credited
view Overture piano 4 hands Charles Malherbe
view Divertissement des esclaves persanes (Act II) piano 4 hands Renaud de Vilbac
view Pantomime et danse (Valse avec saxophone) (Act III) piano Giulio Ricordi
view Pantomime et danse (Valse avec saxophone) (Act III) piano Renaud de Vilbac
view Entr'acte (Act V) piano

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
view Revised Version (1877) Manuscript (with some pages and corrections in Massenet's hand) 1877 Part 1 of 6
Part 2 of 6
Part 3 of 6
Part 4 of 6
Part 5 of 6
Part 6 of 6
view Revised Version (1877) Manuscript 1800 Overture, Act I
view Revised Version (1877) Manuscript Act II
Act III
Act IV, Tableau 1
Act IV, Tableau 2. Act V
view Original Version (1877) vocal score G. Hartmann 1877 Complete Score
Preliminaries, Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV, Act V
view Revised Version (1877) vocal score G. Hartmann 1877 Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I - Act II
Act III - Act IV - Act V - Supplement
view Complete Ricordi Complete Libretto
view Original Version (1877) Arrangement for piano
by Renaud de Vilbac
G. Hartmann 1877 Complete Score
Overture - Act I - Act II
Act III - Act IV - Act V
view Original Version (1877) Arrangement for piano
by Renaud de Vilbac
G. Hartmann 1877 Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
view Italian Version (1878) Arrangement for piano
by Not credited
Ricordi 1878 Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
view Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Charles Malherbe
Schirmer 1909 Complete Score
view Divertissement des esclaves persanes (Act II) Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Renaud de Vilbac
G. Hartmann Complete Score
view Pantomime et danse (Valse avec saxophone) (Act III) Arrangement for piano
by Giulio Ricordi
Ricordi 1877 Complete Score
view Pantomime et danse (Valse avec saxophone) (Act III) Arrangement for piano
by Renaud de Vilbac
G. Hartmann 1877 Complete Score
view Entr'acte (Act V) Arrangement for piano G. Hartmann Complete Score

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