La Jérusalem délivrée explained

La Jérusalem délivrée is a 1712 French opera in a prologue and five acts by Duke Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the future Regent of France. The libretto by Hilaire-Bernard Requeleyne was based on Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata. The opera was performed in the Galerie des cerfs of the Château de Fontainebleau, by the musique du roi.^[1] Philippe d’Orléans had already staged one opera with his music teacher Gervais in 1705, Penthée. Both the operas share atypical style and orchestration.^[2]

Roles

• Herminie
• Armide
• L’Occasion, La Voix de Clorinde, un Démon
• Renaud
• Adraste, Alcaste, un Vieux Berger
• un Guerrier
• Tancrède
• Le Sage Vieillard, Ismen, Tissapherne

Notes and References

1. https://en.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/programmation/regent-philippe-d-orleans-jerusalem-delivree-ou-la-suite-d-armide_e2654 La Jérusalem délivrée
2. "Philippe d’Orléans’ music master at the time was the composer Charles-Hubert Gervais, a remarkable musician who shared with his student a love of the Italian style. In 1705, with the help of Gervais, Philippe d’Orléans staged another opera at Palais-Royal called Penthée. Both works have much in common – first, they share a highly atypical style and orchestration, far divorced from the usual fare at the Académie Royale de Musique"