Uthal
By: Étienne Nicolas Méhul ; English translations by Charles Johnston ; [libretto by Jacques Benjamin Saint-Victor]
Contributors: Johnston, Charles, translator; Saint-Victor, J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin), 1772-1858, librettist; Rousset, Christophe, conductor; Deshayes, Karine, singer; Beuron, Yann, singer; Bou, Jean-Sébastien, singer; Droy, Sébastien, 1975- singer; Martin, Philippe-Nicolas, singer; Mechelen, Reinoud van, singer; Sargsyan, Artavazd, singer; Belobo, Jacques-Greg, singer; Terrier, Agnès, transcriber; Méhul, Etienne Nicolas, 1763-1817; Macpherson, James, 1736-1796; Ossian, active 3rd century; Macpherson, James; Talens lyriques; Chœur de chambre de Namur; Palazzetto Bru Zane (Music center : Venice, Italy)
Edition: Édition limitée et numérotée.
Series: Collection "Opéra français/French opera"; Collection "Opéra français/French opera."
Publisher: Ediciones Singulares
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Madrid
Language: mul
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9788461755486
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Adaptations; Operas; Analysis, appreciation
Description: Prompted by the success of Ossian's poetry during the First Empire, the Opéra-Comique commissioned from Méhul a short and gripping work inspired by James Macpherson's Celtic reveries." --back cover.
Notes: Book accompanied by audio disc in pocket at rear of book.

Singers: Karine Deshayes sang Malvina; Yann Beuron sang Uthal; Jean-Sébastien Bou sang Larmor; Sébastien Droy sang Ullin; Philippe-Nicolas Martin sang Le Chef des Bardes, Le Troisième Barde; Reinoud Van Mechelen sang Le Premier Barde; Artavazd Sargsyan sang Le Deuxième Barde; Jacques-Greg Belobo sang Le Quatrième Barde.

Audio disc contains the concert performance from 30th May 2015 at Château de Versailles with Christophe Rousset conducting Les Talens Lyriques and the Chœur de Chambre de Namur.

French and English text.
Table of contents: title: Méhul's Uthal  -- Gérard Condé; title: Méhul in Les Soirées de l'orchestre  -- Hector Berlioz; title: Some reflections  -- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul; title: Dedications and preface of the libretto  -- Jacques Bins de Saint-Victor; title: A review of the premiere  -- Journal de Paris pp; title: A few remarks concerning Uthal  -- Arthur Pougin; title: Synopsis --; title: Libretto --; title: Cast -- tracklist.