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''De cluyte van de twee naakten of de mooie onbekende''<ref>''The comedy of the two nudes or the unknown beauty''.</ref>

''opera in 4 acts''

Opus 59

== History ==
*Opera on a libretto by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Closson Herman Closson]. [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_van_de_Velde Anton van de Velde] translated the opera into Dutch.<ref name="een">[[Tessely/en|Tessely]], p.121.</ref>
*Legley worked on his opera from 1959 to September 1963.
*The beginning of the fourth act was reused by Legley as a [[Jingle (3rd programme)|jingle]] for the Belgian radio.<ref>On p.358 of the autograph, Legley wrote down: ''Het begin van deze 4e acte is het indicatief van het IIIe programma'' [The beginning of this 4th act is the jingle of the IIIrd programme]]. More details are to be found at the description of [[Jingle (3rd programme)]].</ref>
*The first performance (in Dutch) took place on 10 December 1966 in the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp.<ref name="een"/><ref>[[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]] (p.400) mentions the first performers:<br/>-Astolphe: Paul Schotsmans<br/>-Baron Gonzague: Armand Reynaerts<br/>-Baroness Ysabeau: Marie-Louise Hendrickx<br/>-Estramadon: Marcel Vercammen<br/>-Matchmaker: Rita Lafaut<br/>-Bellman: Marcel Ost<br/>-Soldier 1: Lode Le Moine<br/>-Soldier 2: Robert van Helvert<br/>-Soubrette: Angèle Geerts<br/>-Yolande: Erika Pauwels<br/>-Conductor: Frits Celis<br/>-Director: Anton van de Velde<br/>-Orchestra of the Flemish Opera.</ref>

== Music ==
*cast:
**Astolphe
**Baron Gonzague
**Baroness Ysabeau
**Estramadon
**Matchmaker
**Bellman
**Soldier 1
**Soldier 2
**Soubrette
**Yolande
**symphony orchestra<ref>2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion and strings.</ref>
*duration: 1°17'15"<ref>Thus in the autograph score.</ref>

===Parts===
*First act[[Image:Legley_59-1.jpg|frameless|none|850px]]
*Second act[[Image:Legley_59-2.jpg|frameless|none|850px]]
*Third act[[Image:Legley_59-3.jpg|frameless|none|850px]]
*Fourth act[[Image:Legley_59-4.jpg|frameless|none|850px]]

== Sources ==
*autograph score: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', shelf number [http://catalog.b-bc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28174 '''BV-03-4031''']
*photocopy of the autograph piano reduction: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', shelf number [http://catalog.b-bc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78717 '''BV-03-4122''']. Several cuts have been indicated, possibly by Legley himself.

==Notes==
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