Kassya (opera)

Kassya is a French-language opera in 4 acts and 5 tableaux by Léo Delibes to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille after a novella by Sacher-Masoch. Unfinished on Delibes' death in 1891, it was completed and orchestrated by Jules Massenet in 1893.[1]

The opera was premiered at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, on 24 March 1893, with the following cast:

  • Sonia – Mlle Simonnet
  • Kassya – Mme De Nuovina
  • La Bohémienne – Mlle Elven
  • Nidda – Mlle Delorn
  • Lacka – Mlle Robert
  • Cyrille – M. Gibert
  • Le comte de Zévale – M Soulacroios
  • Kotska – M. Lorrain
  • Kolénati – M. Challet
  • Mockou – M. Bernaert
  • Un sergent – M. Artus
  • Yahn – M. Troy
Source: Les Annales du théâtre et de la musique, 1893.[2]

The opera was respectfully received, but the general view was that it showed the composer's creative gifts in decline.[3][4] It ran for twelve performances.[5]

References
  1. Kassya, l’opéra inachevé de Léo Delibes, au festival de Montpellier By Marguerite Haladjian, 27 July 2018 "Une découverte promise parmi d’autres heureuses surprises aura été la création de Kassya, le dernier opéra inachevé de Léo Delibes (1836–1891), donné en version de concert samedi 21 juillet à l’Opéra Berlioz."
  2. Noël and Stoullig, p. 108
  3. "The Drama in Paris", The Era, 1 April 1893, p. 9
  4. Noël and Stoullig, pp. 110–111
  5. Noël and Stoullig, p. 138

Sources
  • Noël, Édouard; Edmond Stoullig (1894). Les Annales du théâtre et de la musique, 1893 (in French). Paris: G Charpentier. OCLC 777138181.
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