First performance 7 November 1702 Librettist Antoine Danchet Adapted from Jerusalem Delivered | Composer André Campra Language French | |
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Tancr de campra op ra ballet et musique baroque
Tancrède is a tragédie en musique (a French opera in the lyric tragedy tradition) in a prologue and five acts by composer André Campra and librettist Antoine Danchet, based on Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso.
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- Tancr de campra op ra ballet et musique baroque
- Campra tancr de 1702 centre de musique baroque de versailles
- Performance history
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The opera contains 23 dances in addition to the singing, but is famous for the alleged first contralto role in French opera (though in modern terms more of a mezzo-soprano range) written for Julie d'Aubigny, known as 'La Maupin', the most colorful singer of this era, or any other. It's also notable for the unusual choice of three low-lying voices for the main male parts.
Campra tancr de 1702 centre de musique baroque de versailles
Performance history
Tancrède was first performed on 7 November 1702 by the Académie Royale de Musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris under the direction of Marin Marais. It was successful and remained in the repertoire until the 1760s.