The Ghosts of Versailles
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The Ghosts of Versailles is an American opera by John Corigliano with a libretto by William M. Hoffman that blends comedy, drama, and the supernatural in a meta-theatrical reimagining of Beaumarchais’s Figaro plays.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American opera
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opera ⓘ |
| awarded | Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Barber of Seville
NERFINISHED
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The Figaro Trilogy by Pierre Beaumarchais NERFINISHED ⓘ The Guilty Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ The Marriage of Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Beaumarchais
NERFINISHED
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Bégearss NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Almaviva NERFINISHED ⓘ Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Antoinette NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Metropolitan Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionReason | Metropolitan Opera centennial ⓘ |
| composer | John Corigliano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
comic opera
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grand opera ⓘ meta-theatrical work ⓘ |
| hasRecording | Metropolitan Opera recording conducted by James Levine ⓘ |
| includesElement |
comedy
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drama ⓘ opera within an opera ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | William M. Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | eclectic ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
Los Angeles Opera 2009 production
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Wolf Trap Opera 2015 production ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | James Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDirector | Colin Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereRolePerformer |
Gino Quilico as Figaro
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Håkan Hagegård as Beaumarchais ⓘ Renée Fleming as Countess Almaviva NERFINISHED ⓘ Teresa Stratas as Marie Antoinette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | G. Schirmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Palace of Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | two acts ⓘ |
| style | postmodern ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
afterlife of Marie Antoinette at Versailles
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political intrigue during the French Revolution ⓘ reimagining of Beaumarchais’s Figaro characters ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
French Revolution era
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reign of Louis XVI ⓘ |
| worldPremiereDate | 1991-12-19 ⓘ |
| worldPremierePlace | Metropolitan Opera House, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William M. Hoffman