For alleged supernatural events at Versailles, see Moberly–Jourdain incident.
The Ghosts of Versailles
Opera by John Corigliano
Librettist
William M. Hoffman
Language
English
Based on
La Mère coupable by Pierre Beaumarchais
Premiere
19 December 1991 (1991-12-19)
Metropolitan Opera, New York
The Ghosts of Versailles is an opera in two acts, with music by John Corigliano to an English libretto by William M. Hoffman. The Metropolitan Opera had commissioned the work from Corigliano in 1980 in celebration of its 100th anniversary, with the premiere scheduled for 1983. Corigliano and Hoffman took as the starting point for the opera the 1792 play La Mère coupable (The Guilty Mother) by Pierre Beaumarchais.[1] They took seven years to complete the opera, past the initial deadline. The opera received its premiere on December 19, 1991, at the Metropolitan Opera, with the production directed by Colin Graham. The premiere run of seven performances was sold out.[2][3] The original cast included Teresa Stratas, Håkan Hagegård, Renée Fleming, Graham Clark, Gino Quilico, and Marilyn Horne. The Metropolitan Opera revived the opera in the 1994/1995 season.[4]
Corigliano considers this work a "grand opera buffa"[1] because it incorporates both elements of the grand opera style (large chorus numbers, special effects) and the silliness of the opera buffa style. Commentators have noted how the opera satirises and parodies accepted operatic conventions.[5][6]
^ abAllan Kozinn (15 December 1991). "Rushing in Where Copland Feared to Tread". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
^Edward Rothstein (21 December 1991). "For the Met's Centennial, A Gathering of Ghosts". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
^Allan Kozinn (13 January 1992). "Why Met's Ghosts Will Be Disembodied Until 1994–95 Season". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
^Edward Rothstein (5 April 1995). "A Young Opera Heavy With the Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
^Bernard Holland (31 December 1991). "The Ghosts of Versailles Fills The Tumbrels With Conventions". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
^Edward Rothstein (5 January 1992). "At the Met, Ghosts Come to Applaud Ghosts". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
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