La favorite (Donizetti, Gaetano)

		Movements/Sections 4 acts First Publication 1840 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano

Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (7)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
*#253358 - 9.97MB, 242 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 1424x⇩

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Caprotti (2012/10/4)

Arranger:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883), piano reduction

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Alexandre Grus, n.d.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#196610 - 20.78MB, 284 (iv, 280) pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 2171x⇩

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Massenetique (2012/4/1)

Editor:

Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Josiah Pittman (1816-1886)

Language:

Italian / English

Translator:

Charles Lamb Kenney (1823-1881), English text

Publisher Info.:

London: Boosey and Co., n.d.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#196613 - 16.63MB, 206 pp. -  3.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 492x⇩

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Massenetique (2012/4/1)

Arranger:

Franz Abt (1819-1885), piano reduction

Language:

German

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Braunschweig: Litolff, n.d.(ca.1880).

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#105504 - 20.61MB, 256 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1371x⇩

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Caprotti (2011/6/15)

Language:

Russian / French

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Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.

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 Complete Score
*#46342 - 25.87MB, 360 pp. -  7.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 6073x⇩

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operalala (2009/11/17)

Language:

Italian

Publisher Info.:

Milan: Ricordi, n.d.(ca.1920)

Reprinted:

Boca Raton: Masters Music Publications, n.d.(ca.1990). W 7455.

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Selections

 Act I, Romance: Un ange, une femme inconnue (Fernando)
*#66123 - 11.34MB, 3 (#22-24) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1046x⇩

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Ralph Theo Misch (2010/6/2)

Language:

French

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Unknown, from a collection of Sergent-Major Neyt, 1843.

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 Act III, Air: O mon Fernand (Leonora)
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Massenetique (2011/9/28)

Arranger:

Louis Charles Elson (1848-1920), piano reduction

Language:

Italian / English

Translator:

Louis Charles Elson (1848-1920), English text

Publisher Info.:

Artists' Vocal Album (pp.33-43)
Boston: White, Smith & Co., 1887. Plate 2240.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano solo (Wagner)

 Complete Score
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Caprotti (2012/10/4)

Arranger:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

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Paris: Alexandre Grus, n.d.

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For Piano solo

 Complete Score
*#253356 - 6.07MB, 138 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 107x⇩

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Caprotti (2012/10/4)

Publisher Info.:

Milan: Ricordi, n.d. (ca.1879). Plate 46268-46269.

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For Piano solo (Ascher)

See: Grand mourceau de concert sur 'La favorite', Op.74 (Ascher, Joseph)

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General Information

Work Title	La favorite
Alternative Title

Composer	Donizetti, Gaetano
Movements/Sections	4 acts
First Performance	1840-12-02 in Paris, Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique
First Publication	1840
Librettist	Alphonse Royer (1803-1875) and Gustave Vaëz (1812-1862) after François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d' Arnaud (1718–1805)
Language	French
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices Leonor de Guzmán (mezzo-soprano), Inés (soprano), Fernand (tenor), Alphonse XI (baritone), Balthazar (bass), Don Gaspar (tenor), Lord (tenor) Chorus sopranos, altos, tenors 1/2, basses 1/2 (SATTBB) Orchestra Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophicleide, timpani, bass drum, triangle, organ, harp, strings
External Links	Wikipedia article Opera Guide Aria-database.com
Extra Information	Also known in Italian translations as La favorita, Elda, or Leonora di Guzman

Misc. Comments

Section Listing

Titles are taken from the Italian edition of the score.

Sinfonia

• Atto I

Intoduzione e coro: Bell'alba foriera

Romanza: Una vergine, un angel di Dio / Un ange, une femme inconnue (Fernando)

Duetto: E fia vero? (Fernando, Baldassarre)

Recitativo e coro: Bei raggi lucenti (Ines)

Aria e coro: Dolce zeffiro, il seconda / Rayons dorés (Ines)

Recitativo: Messaggera gentile (Fernando)

Duetto: Ah! mio bene, un Dio t'invia (Leonora, Fernando)

Scena ed aria: Sì, che un tuo solo accento / Oui, ta voix m'inspire (Fernando)

• Atto II

Introduzione

Scena ed aria: Vien, Leonora, a' piedi tuoi / Léonore, viens, j'abandonne (Alfonso)

Duetto: Quando le soglie paterne vercai (Leonora, Alfonso)

Recitativo: Poni tregua al dolor (Alfonso)

Introduzione alle danze

Passo a tre

Passo a sei

Finale delle danze

Recitativo: Ah! Sire!

Finale II: Quartetto: Ah! paventa il furor (Leonora, Don Gasparo, Alfonso, Baldassarre)

• Atto III

Preludio e recitativo: A lei son presso alfine

Terzetto: A tanto amor (Leonora, Fernando, Alfonso)

Aria: Oh mio Fernando! / O mon Fernand (Leonora)

Recitativo: Ines! Fia ver?

Coro: Di già nella cappella

Recitativo e ripresa del coro

Scena e coro: Questo è troppo in mia fè!

Scena e finale III

• Atto IV

Introduzione e coro: Splendon più belle in ciel le stelle

Recitativo e romanza: Spirto gentil / Ange si pur (Fernando)

Recitativo e coro: Che fino al ciel la nostra prece ascenda

Finale ultimo: Duetto: Pietoso al par del Nume (Leonora, Fernando)