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Désirée is an operetta in two acts with music by John Philip Sousa and libretto by Edward M. Taber. The libretto was later revised and updated by Jerrold Fisher and William Martin.
Based on the English comedy Our Wife by John Maddison Morton, it premiered on May 1, 1884 at The National Theater, Washington D.C. It was one of the first American operettas and was billed as "America's First Comic Opera", although it was based on an English comedy set in France. It also marked the comic opera debut of DeWolf Hopper, who sang the role of Pomaret.
In Amiens, France, during the time of Cardinal Richelieu, Musketeers have gathered in Pomaret’s mercer shop, seeking his beautiful daughter, Désirée. Her cousin, Marie, waits on them and is all but ignored. Their delightful recreation is interrupted by a trumpet call, which summons them to their military duties.
The Count de Courville arrives, dismisses Marie, and then asks Désirée for her hand in marriage. The Count’s father, however, disapproves of his son’s marriage to a commoner and threatens by letter to imprison Pomaret if he permits the marriage to take place. The Count’s superior officer and friend, the heroic Marquis de Lavarre, decides to offer a solution. The Marquis proposes marriage to Désirée on the condition that the wedding takes place within the hour. At the prospect of becoming the father of a Marchioness, Pomaret promptly gives his consent.
Désirée is a French feminine given name. It may refer to :
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Desirée Rancatore SOPRANO Saimir Pirgu TENORE Sir J.E.Gardiner DIRETTORE D'ORCHESTRA Orchestra e Coro del Teatro la Fenice Video Arte TV (e Rai1)
Désirée Rancatore performs "Der Hölle Rache" from Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte." Paris 2001. Official website www.desireerancatore.com
Un piccolo estratto dall'opera Rigoletto, andato in scena al Teatro Comunale di Bologna nella Stagione 2019. Gilda: Desirè Rancatore
Rigoletto, Teatro comunale di Bologna, 21/03/2019. Desirè Rancatore - Gilda; Alberto Gazale - Rigoletto; Matteo Beltrami - Direttore.
Désirée Rancatore as Tisbe and Vivica Genaux as Piramo sing the duet "Che mai temer potrei" from Piramo e Tisbe, Hasse. Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi. Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele, May 22 2010.
J. Offenbach :Les contes d'Hoffmann Sferiterio di Macerata 2004年8月 rehearsal Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, Macerata Frederic Chaslin 指揮 Pier Luigi Pizzi 演出 Vincenzo La Scola Ruggero Raimondi Désirée Rancatore Sara Allegretta Annalisa Raspagliosi Désirée Rancatore
Désirée is an operetta in two acts with music by John Philip Sousa and libretto by Edward M. Taber. The libretto was later revised and updated by Jerrold Fisher and William Martin.
Based on the English comedy Our Wife by John Maddison Morton, it premiered on May 1, 1884 at The National Theater, Washington D.C. It was one of the first American operettas and was billed as "America's First Comic Opera", although it was based on an English comedy set in France. It also marked the comic opera debut of DeWolf Hopper, who sang the role of Pomaret.
In Amiens, France, during the time of Cardinal Richelieu, Musketeers have gathered in Pomaret’s mercer shop, seeking his beautiful daughter, Désirée. Her cousin, Marie, waits on them and is all but ignored. Their delightful recreation is interrupted by a trumpet call, which summons them to their military duties.
The Count de Courville arrives, dismisses Marie, and then asks Désirée for her hand in marriage. The Count’s father, however, disapproves of his son’s marriage to a commoner and threatens by letter to imprison Pomaret if he permits the marriage to take place. The Count’s superior officer and friend, the heroic Marquis de Lavarre, decides to offer a solution. The Marquis proposes marriage to Désirée on the condition that the wedding takes place within the hour. At the prospect of becoming the father of a Marchioness, Pomaret promptly gives his consent.