Les deux journées
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Les deux journées is an opera by Luigi Cherubini, first performed in 1800, renowned for its dramatic intensity and influence on later French opera.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Les deux journées, ou Le porteur d’eau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | French Revolutionary-era theatre ⓘ |
| catalogueNote | one of Cherubini’s most successful operas ⓘ |
| character |
Antonio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Armand NERFINISHED ⓘ Constance NERFINISHED ⓘ Marceline NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikéli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Luigi Cherubini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Luigi Cherubini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1800-01-16 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceTheatre | Théâtre Feydeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | rescue opera ⓘ |
| hasForm |
arias
ⓘ
choruses ⓘ ensembles ⓘ spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fidelio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French grand opera ⓘ operas of Fromental Halévy ⓘ operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer ⓘ operas of Hector Berlioz ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French opéra comique tradition
ⓘ
Gluckian dramatic reforms ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist | Jean-Nicolas Bouilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
Classical
ⓘ
early Romantic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic intensity
ⓘ
influence on later French opera ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | spoken dialogue with musical numbers ⓘ |
| performanceHistory | frequently revived in the 19th century ⓘ |
| premiereLanguage | French ⓘ |
| reception | highly successful at its premiere ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three-act opera ⓘ |
| theme |
loyalty
ⓘ
political persecution ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Two Days NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | Classical era ⓘ |
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