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Op. 50 (1957)
La Lance de Fingal
Drama in 1 act and 3 scenes

Text in french by Pélissane after Ossian
(german translation by Professor Gustav Rohrsdorff)

Duration : 1 h 40 mn
First performance :

  • Radiodiffusion nationale
    Paris ; May 12st, 1957
    Conductor : Eugène Bigot
    Performed by :
    • Louis-Jacques Rondeleux (Fingal),
    • Bernard Demigny (Clonmal),
    • Claude Hector (Cathmor),
    • André Bessières (Armor),
    • Albert Cora, Claude Roy (Les Bardes),
    • Gisèle Desmoutiers (Sulmalla),
    • Denyse Scharley (Clungano).



 
Draft of the theater costumes for "La Lance de Fingal".

Referenced in the Multi-media library of our Association : score, audio

Reduction for the piano : Op. 50 bis - La lance de Fingal, reduction for piano and voices

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

digital recording available


Op. 55 (1951-1960)
Cyrnos
Opera in 3 acts

Text by Pélissane

Duration : approx. 2 h
First performance :

  • Grand Théâtre de Nancy, France ; April 6th, 1962
    Conductor : André Amellér
    Performed by :
    • Claude Hector (Sampiero Corso),
    • Christiane Stutzmann (Vannina),
    • Julien Giovannetti (Giovanni d'Ornano),
    • Michel Taverne (Henri II),
    • Jean Angot (Le Duc de Guise),
    • André Dran (Le seigneur inconnu),
    • Pierre Fischer (Le Cardinal du Bellay),
    • Edith Jacques (La nourrice),
    • Pierre Depadt (Jourdan des Ursins),
    • Eric Bergmar (Le Chambellan),
    • Henri Huvenne (L'ambassadeur d'Espagne),
    • Maurice Patras (Angelo),
    • Lucien Robert (La sentinelle),
    • Henri Martet (Dragut le Maure),
    • Jean-P. Lombard (Bernardin).
    Director : Jacques Barral
    Choreography : Fred Chrystian
    Models of decorations and costumes : Yves Bonnat
    Decorations realized by : Roger Lambolez
    Costumes realized by Lucien Robert, wardrobe master for the Grand Théâtre

 
Christiane Stutzmann (Vannina), Edith Jacques (La nourrice) and Claude Hector (Sampiero Corso)

 
Christiane Stutzmann (Vannina) and Julien Giovannetti (Giovanni d'Ornano)
First performance of "Cyrnos", April 6th, 1962, Nancy, France.

Pictures courtesy of Mme Christiane Stutzmann.

Referenced in the Multi-media library of our Association : score, audio

Reduction for the piano :
- Op. 55 bis - Cyrnos, reduction for the piano (for piano solo) : Ouverture, Divertissement dansé (Acte I), La Moresca (Acte II)
- Op. 55 bis - Cyrnos, reduction for the piano (for piano and voices)
- Op. 55 bis - Cyrnos, reduction for the piano (in Ballets)

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

digital recording available


Op. 152 (1962)
Croix au coeur

Lyrical epic
Radio realization

Text after a novel by Jacques Carton
2 series
Adaptation by Jacques Carton and Pierre Rolland.
First performance :

  • Radiodiffusion, Nancy

Referenced in the Multi-media library of our Association : score

Editions musicales SOFIRAD


Op. 155 (1963)
La guirlande de Vougeot
Realisation and transcription of the ballet-opera after Jean-Philippe Rameau

Ballet act
for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons and strings

  • Vougeot
  • Corton
  • Pommard
  • Romanée
  • Savigny et Saint Romain
  • Chambertin
  • Nuits et Meursault
Score dated : February 19th, 1963
Duration : 18 mn
First performance :

  • Société des concerts du conservatoire
    Conductor : André Amellér
    Dijon, December 17th, 1963
  • Orchestre de Bremerhaven
    Conductor : André Amellér
    Bremerhaven, Germany, May 3rd and 4th, 1964

Referenced in the Multi-media library of our Association : score

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

Ballet-opera (full) - (1964)
for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings
voices and choir

Score dated : April 1st, 1964
Duration : 1 h
First performance :

  • Société des concerts du conservatoire
    Dijon, January 26th, 1977
    Conductor : André Amellér
    Baryton : Bernard Demigny

Referenced in the Multi-media library of our Association : score, audio

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

digital recording available


Op. 155 bis - Reduction of the ballet-opera (full)
for piano, voice and choir

Duration : 1 h

Referenced in the Multi-media library of our Association : score

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

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