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