The Ghosts of Versailles

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The Ghosts of Versailles is an American opera by John Corigliano with a libretto by William M. Hoffman that blends comedy, drama, and the supernatural in a meta-theatrical reimagining of Beaumarchais’s Figaro plays.

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The Ghosts of Versailles canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
awarded Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording ⓘ
basedOn The Barber of Seville ⓘ
The Figaro Trilogy by Pierre Beaumarchais ⓘ
The Guilty Mother ⓘ
The Marriage of Figaro ⓘ
character Beaumarchais ⓘ
Bégearss ⓘ
Count Almaviva ⓘ
Figaro ⓘ
Marie Antoinette ⓘ
Rosina ⓘ
commissionedBy Metropolitan Opera ⓘ
commissionReason Metropolitan Opera centennial ⓘ
composer John Corigliano ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre comic opera ⓘ
grand opera ⓘ
meta-theatrical work ⓘ
hasRecording Metropolitan Opera recording conducted by James Levine ⓘ
includesElement comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
opera within an opera ⓘ
supernatural ⓘ
language English ⓘ
librettist William M. Hoffman ⓘ
musicalStyle eclectic ⓘ
notableProduction Los Angeles Opera 2009 production ⓘ
Wolf Trap Opera 2015 production ⓘ
premiereConductor James Levine ⓘ
premiereDirector Colin Graham ⓘ
premiereRolePerformer Gino Quilico as Figaro ⓘ
Håkan Hagegård as Beaumarchais ⓘ
Renée Fleming as Countess Almaviva ⓘ
linked to: Renée Fleming

Teresa Stratas as Marie Antoinette ⓘ
publisher G. Schirmer ⓘ
setting Palace of Versailles ⓘ
structure two acts ⓘ
style postmodern ⓘ
subjectMatter afterlife of Marie Antoinette at Versailles ⓘ
political intrigue during the French Revolution ⓘ
reimagining of Beaumarchais’s Figaro characters ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting French Revolution era ⓘ
reign of Louis XVI ⓘ
worldPremiereDate 1991-12-19 ⓘ
worldPremierePlace Metropolitan Opera House, New York City ⓘ

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New York City Opera → presentedWorldPremiereOf → The Ghosts of Versailles ⓘ
William M. Hoffman → notableWork → The Ghosts of Versailles ⓘ
subject linked to: William Hoffman
Darko Tresnjak → directed → The Ghosts of Versailles ⓘ