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Comte Ory, Le
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Comte Ory, Le (
Count Ory
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Opera buffa in 2 acts by Rossini; text by Scribe and Delestre-Poirson, an expansion of a 1-act comedy (1817), after an alleged old Picard legend set down by Pierre-Antoine de la Place (1785). Prem. Paris, O, 20 Aug. 1828.
Fourmoutiers Castle, Touraine, 1250. The Countess Adèle (sop) is melancholy, her brother and the menfolk of Fourmoutiers having left for the Crusades. Ragonde (con), the Countess's companion, decides to consult the hermit: he is in reality the licentious Comte Ory (ten), who has encamped at the castle gates and offers interested advice on amorous matters. He is aided in his exploits by his ...
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Formoutiers, Countess of
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...Formoutiers, Countess of ( Rossini: Le Comte Ory ). See Adele (2) .
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Isolier
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...Isolier ( Rossini: Le Comte Ory ). Mez. Travesti role. Page to Count Ory. He is in love with the Countess Adèle, whom Ory is trying to win. He succeeds where his master fails. Created (1828) by Constance Jawureck.
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Raimbaud
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...Raimbaud ( Rossini: Le Comte Ory ). Bass. Friend of Count Ory. Created (1828) by Henri-Bernard Dabadie.
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......opening night of Glyndebourne's new Le Comte Ory, when the director, Jerome Savary...the piece for so long, even though Ory is perfect material for a South Downs...slapstick into pure craft. Because Count Ory (a rake) spends most of the opera in...
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...Tutor ( Rossini: Le Comte Ory ). Bass. He searches for and exposes Ory in the Castle of Formoutiers. Created (1828) by Nicholas-Prosper Levasseur.
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Ragonde
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...Ragonde ( Rossini: Le Comte Ory ). Cont. Stewardess of the Castle of Formoutiers, and companion to Countess Adèle. Created (1828) by Mlle Mori.
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So delightfully vile.
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Fresh and voluptuous; OPERA.(Opera Review)
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...Byline: FIONA MADDOCKS Le Comte Ory and Arabella Garsington WHILE major operas houses offer more in...Juanita Lascarro, as the Countess in Rossini's French comedy, Le Comte Ory. Rupert Goold's dextrous production, updated to a Some Like It Hot-sty...
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......greatest works - Semimmide and Le Comte Ory - in new productions that revealed...de Galicia. The production of Le Comte Ory (seen at the Teatro Rossini on August...episodes involving the womanizing Ory as a party game organized by a group...
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