L'étoile de Séville


L'étoile de Séville is a grand opera in four acts composed by Michael Balfe to a libretto by Hippolyte Lucas based on Lope de Vega's play La estrella de Sevilla. It premiered at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 17 December 1845 with Rosine Stoltz in the title role.

Roles

RolesVoice typePremiere cast 17 December 1845,
EstrellasopranoRosine Stoltz
ZaïdasopranoMarie-Dolorès Nau
Don SanchetenorItalo Gardoni
Don BustostenorBrémont
PedrotenorPaulin
KingbaritonePaul Barroilhet
Don AriasbassJoseph Menghis
GomezbassFerdinand Prévôt