Le domino noir (The Black Domino) is an opéra comique by the French composer Daniel Auber, first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 2 December 1837. The libretto to the three-act piece is by Auber's usual collaborator, Eugène Scribe. It was one of Auber's most successful works, clocking up 1207 performances by 1909. It received its UK premiere in 1838 and appeared in the USA the following year. Some of Auber's music has a Spanish flavour to...
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Le domino noir (The Black Domino) is an opéra comique by the French composer Daniel Auber, first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 2 December 1837. The libretto to the three-act piece is by Auber's usual collaborator, Eugène Scribe. It was one of Auber's most successful works, clocking up 1207 performances by 1909. It received its UK premiere in 1838 and appeared in the USA the following year. Some of Auber's music has a Spanish flavour to reflect its setting.
In 1869, Tchaikovsky provided recitatives to replace the spoken dialogue for a proposed production of Le domino noir by an Italian opera company visiting Russia. No performances are believed to have taken place, but four of Tchaikovsky's recitatives were included in Richard Bonynge's recording of the opera.
There was a production of the opera by Pierre Jourdan at the Théâtre Imperial at Compiègne in 1995.
The action takes place in Spain and concerns a young novice nun, Angèle de Olivarès. Enjoying her last freedom before...
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