Original Name | L’île de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé |
Librettist | Louis Anseaume (based on Alain René Lesage and D'Orneval's 1718 vaudeville comedy Le monde renversé) |
Date of composition | 1758 |
Premiered | 1758, October 3rd (Schönbrunn Palace) in Vienna, Austria |
Type | Opera |
Catalogue | Wq. 23 |
Instruments |
Voice (Tenor)
- Merlin
Voice (Soprano) - Argentine, Merlin's niece Voice (Soprano) - Diamantine, Merlin's niece Voice (Bass) - Pierrot Voice (Bass) - Scapin Voice (Tenor) - A philosopher Voice (Tenor) - M. de la Candeur, a dandy Voice (Soprano) - Hippocratine Voice (Tenor) - Chevalier de Catonville, a procurator Voice (Bass) - M. Prud'homme, a notary Voice (Tenor) - Hanif Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Zerbin Orchestra |
Autotranslations beta |
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Merlin's Island, or the World Upended, Wq. 23 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Merlin's Island, or the World Upended, Wq. 23 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Merlin's Island, or the World Upended, Wq. 23 |