Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 acts |
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First Publication | 1877 – Boston: Louis P. Goullaud |
Genre Categories | Opera buffa; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
Work Title | Evangeline |
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Alternative. Title | The Belle of Acadie. Opéra-Bouffe. Burlesque. |
Composer | Rice, Edward Everett |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IER 3 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 acts |
First Performance. | 1874-07-27 — New York City: Niblo's Garden |
First Publication. | 1877 – Boston: Louis P. Goullaud |
Librettist | John Cheever Goodwin (1850–1912) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus, orchestra |
(Not tagged as burlesque as burlesques so-tagged are specifically a late 18th century/early 19th century genre.
Based on Longfellow's work of the same name. Entire vocal score - here.
According to Smith’s Musical Comedy in America: From The Black Crook to South Pacific, From The King & I to Sweeney Todd, only a very brief initial run, but remained alive for thirty years in numerous places. (For example The Sydney Morning Herald of July 31 1891 reports that tomorrow will begin a run of Evangeline at the Criterion Theatre, and that the composer had just performed (an orchestral version) of his Adonis Gavotte of 1885.)