Fernand Cortez [SEP] narrative location
Fernand Cortez
Fernand Cortez, ou La conquête du Mexique ("Hernán Cortés, or The Conquest of Mexico") is an opera in three acts by Gaspare Spontini with a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy and Joseph-Alphonse Esménard. It was first performed on 28 November 1809 by the Académie Impériale de Musique (Paris Opera) at the Salle Montansier.
Background and performance history.
The opera was originally intended as political propaganda to support the Emperor Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808. Cortez symbolises Napoleon while
her. Amazily and Cortez are united in marriage.
Recordings.
- "Fernand Cortez" (1817 version) Soloists, Slovak National Philharmonic Choir, Slovak National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jean-Paul Penin (Accord, 1999)
References.
- Notes
- Sources
- Original libretto: "Fernand Cortez ou La Conquête du Mexique, Opéra en 3 Actes, Représenté pour le première Fois, sur le Théâtre de l'Académie Imperiale de Musique, le 28 novembre 1809", Paris, Roullet, 1809 (