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Henry VIII (opera)

Index Henry VIII (opera)

Henry VIII is an opera in four acts by Camille Saint-Saëns, from a libretto by Léonce Détroyat and Armand Silvestre, based on El cisma en Inglaterra (The Schism in England) (1627) by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 59 relations: Anne Boleyn, Archbishop of Canterbury, Auguste Alfred Rubé, Bard College, Baritone, Bass (voice type), BBC Music Magazine, Benjamin Cosyn, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Camille Saint-Saëns, Catherine of Aragon, Christophe Rousset, Ellie Dehn, Ernest Eugène Altès, Eugène Carpezat, Gabrielle Krauss, Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria, Gil Rose, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Henry VIII, Jean-Baptiste Lavastre, Jennifer Holloway, Joseph Hansen (dancer), Kultur International Films, Léo Staats, Le Chant du Monde, Leon Botstein, Les Talens Lyriques, Libretto, Liceu, Lorenzo Campeggio, Louis Mérante, Maurice Renaud, Mezzo-soprano, Montserrat Caballé, Music in Medieval England, Nomeda Kazlaus, Odyssey Opera, Opera, Palais Garnier, Papal legate, Paris Opera, Paul Armand Silvestre, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Philippe Chaperon, Pierre Jourdan, Pierre Léonce Détroyat, Royal Opera House, Simon Estes, Soprano, ... Expand index (9 more) »

  2. 1883 operas
  3. Cultural depictions of Anne Boleyn
  4. Operas based on works by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
  5. Operas by Camille Saint-Saëns
  6. Operas set in the British Isles

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Auguste Alfred Rubé

Auguste Alfred Rubé (20 June 1817 – 13 April 1899) was a French painter noted especially for his theatre decorations.

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Bard College

Bard College is a private liberal arts college in the hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson, in the town of Red Hook, in New York State.

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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BBC Music Magazine

BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music.

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Benjamin Cosyn

Benjamin Cosyn (also Cosens, Cousins or Cowsins; c.1580 - c. 14 September 1653) was an English composer, organist and virginalist.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France

The ('National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand.

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Camille Saint-Saëns

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era.

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Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: Catharina, now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533.

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Christophe Rousset

Christophe Rousset (born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments.

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Ellie Dehn

Ellie Dehn (born Elizabeth Dehn, 1980) is an American soprano.

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Ernest Eugène Altès

Ernest Eugène Altès (March 28, 1830 – July 8, 1899) was a French violinist and conductor.

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Eugène Carpezat

Eugène Louis Carpezat (Paris, 4 November 1833 – Paris, 26 February 1912) was an acclaimed French scenographer in the Belle Époque.

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Gabrielle Krauss

Marie-Gabrielle Krauss (24 March 18426 January 1906) was an important 19th century Austrian-born French operatic soprano.

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Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria

Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria (1520?–1571) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat, and close advisor of Philip II's.

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Gil Rose

Gil Rose is the founder and conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), founder and General-Artistic Director of Odyssey Opera, Artistic Director of Monadnock Music Festival, Professor of Practice at Northeastern University, and Executive Producer of the record label "BMOP/sound.".

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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG (1516/1517–19 January 1547) was an English nobleman, politician and poet.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Jean-Baptiste Lavastre

Jean-Baptiste Lavastre (24 August 1839 – 24 April 1891) was a French landscape painter and scenic designer.

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Jennifer Holloway

Jennifer Holloway is an American operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano who has made an international career performing at leading opera houses and festivals.

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Joseph Hansen (dancer)

Joseph Hansen (8 March 1842 in Antwerp – 27 July 1907 in Asnières) was a Belgian dancer and choreographer.

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Kultur International Films

Kultur Video is a film company that specializes in the distribution and production of performing arts, history, literature, theater, and other genres on DVD, Blu-ray, and Streaming Video.

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Léo Staats

Léo Staats (1877 - 1952) was a French dancer, choreographer and director.

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Le Chant du Monde

Le Chant du Monde was a French music publishing house.

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Leon Botstein

Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946, in Zürich, Switzerland) is a Swiss-born American conductor, educator, and scholar serving as the President of Bard College.

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Les Talens Lyriques

The French musical ensemble Les Talens Lyriques was created in 1991 in Paris, France, by the harpsichordist and orchestral conductor Christophe Rousset.

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Libretto

A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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Liceu

The Gran Teatre del Liceu ("Great Theater of the Lyceum"), usually known as El Liceu, is an opera house in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Lorenzo Campeggio

Lorenzo Campeggio (7 November 1474 – 19 July 1539) was an Italian cardinal and politician.

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Louis Mérante

Louis Alexandre Mérante (23 July 1828–Courbevoie, 17 July 1887) was a dancer and choreographer, the Maître de Ballet (First Balletmaster/Chief Choreographer) of the Paris Opera Ballet at the Salle Le Peletier until its destruction by fire in 1873, and subsequently the first Ballet Master at the company's new Palais Garnier, which opened in 1875.

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Maurice Renaud

Maurice Arnold Renaud (24 July 1861 – 16 October 1933) was a cultured French operatic baritone.

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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

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Montserrat Caballé

María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch or Folc (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), known simply as Montserrat Caballé (i Folch), was a Spanish operatic soprano from Catalonia.

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Music in Medieval England

Music in Medieval England, from the end of Roman rule in the fifth century until the Reformation in the sixteenth century, was a diverse and rich culture, including sacred and secular music and ranging from the popular to the elite.

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Nomeda Kazlaus

Nomeda Kazlaus (born as Nomeda KazlauskaitÄ— in Vilnius, Lithuania) is one of the most outstanding Lithuanian operatic sopranos of the contemporary generation of singers, an international opera diva who has appeared in leading roles in many European opera houses including the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Teatro Malibran in Venice etc.

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Odyssey Opera

Odyssey Opera is an opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Palais Garnier

The italic (Garnier Palace), also known as italic (Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seatBeauvert 1996, p. 102.

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Papal legate

A woodcut showing Henry II of England greeting the Pope's legate. A papal legate or apostolic legate (from the ancient Roman title legatus) is a personal representative of the Pope to foreign nations, to some other part of the Catholic Church, or representatives of the state or monarchy.

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Paris Opera

The Paris Opera is the primary opera and ballet company of France.

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Paul Armand Silvestre

Paul Armand Silvestre (18 April 1837 – 19 February 1901) was a 19th-century French poet and conteur born in Paris.

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (17 January 160025 May 1681) (full name: Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer.

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Philippe Chaperon

Philippe Chaperon (2 February 1823 – 21 December 1906) was a French painter and scenic designer, particularly known for his work at the Paris Opera.

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Pierre Jourdan

Pierre Jourdan (21 September 1932 – 16 August 2007) born Pierre Gendre in Cannes, was an actor and director.

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Pierre Léonce Détroyat

Pierre Léonce Détroyat (1829–1898) was a French naval officer, journalist, and author.

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Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a historic opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London.

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Simon Estes

Simon Estes (born March 2, 1938) is an operatic bass-baritone of African-American descent who had a major international opera career beginning in the 1960s.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Susan Clarencieux

Susan White, known as Susan Clarencius (before 1510 – in or after 1564), was a favourite lady in waiting and longtime friend of Queen Mary I of England.

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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.

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Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne

The Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne is a theater in Compiègne, France.

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Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a British religious figure who was leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which was one of the causes of the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See.

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Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, (10 March 1473 – 25 August 1554) was a prominent English politician and nobleman of the Tudor era.

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Thomas Wriothesley

Sir Thomas Wriothesley (died 24 November 1534) was a long serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

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Véronique Gens

Véronique Gens (born 19 April 1966) is a French operatic soprano.

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Voice type

A voice type is a group of voices with similar vocal ranges, capable of singing in a similar tessitura, and with similar vocal transition points (passaggi).

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William Byrd

William Byrd (4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer.

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See also

1883 operas

Cultural depictions of Anne Boleyn

Operas based on works by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Operas by Camille Saint-Saëns

Operas set in the British Isles

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_(opera)

Also known as O cruel souvenir.

, Susan Clarencieux, Tenor, Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Wriothesley, Véronique Gens, Voice type, William Byrd.