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L'île du rêve

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Hahn in 1906

L'île du rêve ("The Dream Island") is a 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

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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

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  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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