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''Le pré aux clercs'' (''The Clerks' Meadow'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Ferdinand Hérold with a libretto by François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard based on Prosper Mérimée's ''Chronique du temps de Charles IX'' of 1829.〔Pougin A. ''Hérold, biographie critique illustrée.'' Henri Laurens, Paris, 1906.〕 ==Performance history== ''Le pré aux clercs'' was premiered in Paris by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse on 15 December 1832. However, after the first performance Madame Casimir refused - possibly demanding more money - to sing in the subsequent performances, and Mlle Dorus of the Opéra was coached by Hérold over five days to take over the role of Isabelle. Pougin claims that this incident exacerbated the composer's ill-health, leading to his death five weeks after the premiere.〔 The opera, Hérold's last completed one, was very successful, inaugurating the new Salle Favart in 1840, and enjoying some 1,000 performances up to 1871, and reaching its 1,600th at the Opéra-Comique by 1949.〔Wolff S. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900-1950).'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953.〕 Though rarely performed in recent years, a studio production conducted by José Serebrier was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 in 1987 and a National Opera House in Wexford performance broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2015.〔Jacobs A. On Radio - review. ''Opera'', November 1987, 1338.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pxmhv )〕 The opera was performed at the Paris Opéra-Comique in March 2015, directed by Éric Ruf, with the Gulbenkian Orchestra conducted by Paul McCreesh,〔Blanmont, Nicolas. Report from Paris, France. ''Opera'', July 2015, Vol 66 No. 7, p859-60.〕 in a co-production with the Wexford Festival Opera where it was performed as part of the 2015 festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pxmhv )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Le pré aux clercs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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