Dom Sebastien
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Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal (Don Sebastian, King of Portugal) is a French grand opera in five acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe, based on Paul-Henri Foucher's play Dom Sébastian de Portugal (1838). It premiered on November 13, 1843 at the Paris Opéra.
Roles
| Premiere, November 13, 1843 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dom Sébastian, King of Portugal | tenor | Gilbert Duprez |
| Dom Antonio, his uncle | tenor | Jean-Baptiste Octave |
| Dom Juam de Sylva, Grand Inquisitor | basso profundo | Nicholas-Prosper Levasseur |
| Dom Louis, Spanish ambassador | tenor | |
| Camoëns, soldier and poet | tenor | Paul Barroilhet |
| Ben-Selim, governor of Fez | bass | Hippolyte Brémont |
| Abayaldos, leader of the Arab tribe | baritone | Jean Etienne Massol |
| Zayda, his betrothed | mezzo-soprano | Rosina Stoltz |
| Dom Henrique Sandoval, Dom Sébastian's lieutenant | bass | Ferdinand Prévost |
| Ladies and gentlemen of the Court, Portuguese soldiers and sailors, Arab soldiers and women, members of the Inquisition | ||
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