Olympe La Rebelle
for: Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817959
Gegenwartsmusik
for | Vocal Soloists, Choir and Piano Reduction |
Musical Editions | Piano reduction |
Item no. | 817969 |
Author / Composer | Isabelle Aboulker |
Language | french |
Scope | 140 pages |
Release year | 2019 |
Publisher / Producer | Alphonse Leduc Éditions Musicales |
Producer No. | AL30776 |
ISBN | 9781540061409 |
ISMN | 9790046307768 |
Halfway between opera and musical “Olympe la rebelle” evokes the path of a revolutionary long overshadowed by history books: in the Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizen (1791) Olympe de Gouges courageously called her “very dear sisters” to revolt against the oppression of which they were victims. The libretto (Violaine Fournier) features a college class (teenager choir) who, under the guidance of their history teacher (baryton) decides to stage a show to pay tribute to the many battles fought by this heroine of the Age of Enlightenment (mezzo-soprano), especially against slavery and the inequalities women suffer from. Animated by Isabelle Aboulker’s radiant andcatchy music, the constant back and forth between our era and the revolutionary era makes this opera an outstanding life lesson.
for: Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817959