L'île du rêve

Hahn in 1906

L'île du rêve ("The Dream Island") is an 1898 French opera set in Polynesia. It was the first opera by Reynaldo Hahn. The idylle polynésienne in three acts has a libretto by André Alexandre and Georges Hartmann, which was adapted from Pierre Loti's semi-autobiographical 1880 novel Rarahu or Le Mariage de Loti set in Tahiti. It premiered on 23 March 1898 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.[1][2]

Recording[edit]

Year Cast Conductor

Orchestra

Label
2020 Hélène Guilmette, Cyrille Dubois, Anaïk Morel, Artavazd Sargsyan, Ludivine Gombert, Thomas Dolié Hervé Niquet

Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Palazzetto Bru Zane

BZ 1042[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "L'Île du rêve". Reynaldo-Hahn.net. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  2. ^ Greene, David Mason; Greene, Constance (1985). Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. p. 1040. ISBN 0385142781. OCLC 12217368. In 1898 the Opéra-Comique produced his first opera, L'Ile du rêve (The Dream Isle).
  3. ^ "[:it]L'Île du rêve - Reynaldo Hahn - Bru Zane [:fr]L'Île du rêve - Reynaldo Hahn - Bru Zane [:]". Bru Zane. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

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