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De cluyte van de twee naakten of de mooie onbekende[1]
opera in 4 acts
Opus 59
History
- Opera on a libretto by Herman Closson. Anton van de Velde translated the opera into Dutch.[2]
- Legley worked on his opera from 1959 to September 1963.
- The beginning of the fourth act was reused by Legley as a jingle for the Belgian radio.[3]
- The first performance (in Dutch) took place on 10 December 1966 in the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp.[2][4]
Music
- cast:
- Astolphe
- Baron Gonzague
- Baroness Ysabeau
- Estramadon
- Matchmaker
- Bellman
- Soldier 1
- Soldier 2
- Soubrette
- Yolande
- symphony orchestra[5]
- duration: 1°17'15"[6]
Parts
- First act
- Second act
- Third act
- Fourth act
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4031
- photocopy of the autograph piano reduction: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4122. Several cuts have been indicated, possibly by Legley himself.
Notes
- ↑ The comedy of the two nudes or the unknown beauty.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tessely, p.121.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ De Roeck (p.400) mentions the first performers:
-Astolphe: Paul Schotsmans
-Baron Gonzague: Armand Reynaerts
-Baroness Ysabeau: Marie-Louise Hendrickx
-Estramadon: Marcel Vercammen
-Matchmaker: Rita Lafaut
-Bellman: Marcel Ost
-Soldier 1: Lode Le Moine
-Soldier 2: Robert van Helvert
-Soubrette: Angèle Geerts
-Yolande: Erika Pauwels
-Conductor: Frits Celis
-Director: Anton van de Velde
-Orchestra of the Flemish Opera. - ↑ 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion and strings.
- ↑ Thus in the autograph score.
