Béatrice et Bénédict, H 138 (Berlioz, Hector)

		Movements/Sections 2 Acts Overture Act One 1. Chœur: Le More est en fuite 2. Chœur: Le More est en fuite – 2bis. Danse nationale: Sicilienne 3. Air (Héro): Je vais le voir 4. Duo (Béatrice et Bénédict): Comment le dédain pourrait-il mourir? 5. Trio (Bénedict, Claudio, Don Pédro): Me marier? Dieu me pardonne! 6. Epithalame grotesque. 1er Couplet: Mourez, tendres époux 6a. Epithalame grotesque. 2e Couplet: Mourez, tendres époux 7. Rondo (Bénédict): Ah! Je vais l’aimer 8. Duo (Héro et Ursule): Vous soupirez, madame? Act Two 9. Improvisation et Chœur à boire: Le vin de Syracuse accuse 10. Air (Béatrice): Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre 11. Trio (Héro, Béatrice, Ursule): Je vais d’un cœur aimant 12. Chœur lontain: Viens! Viens, de l’hyménée Victime fortunée 13. Marche nuptiale (Béatrice, Héro, Ursule, Bénédict, Claudio, Don Pédro et Chœur): Dieu qui guidas nos bras 14. Enseigne (Héro, Ursule, Claudio, Don Pédro et Chœur): Ici l’on voit Bénédict 15. Scherzo Duettino (Béatrice, Bénédict, Héro, Ursule, Claudio, Don Pédro et Chœur): L’amour est un flambeau Composition Year 1860–62 Genre Categories Operas comiques; Stage Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language

Scores

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Full Scores

Complete Opera

 Complete Score
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Daphnis (25 November 2008)

Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Translator:

Emma Klingenfeld (1846–1935) and Felix Weingartner, German text

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie IX, Band 19–20.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1907. Plate H.B. 13 (Overture), 116

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 Overture (EU)
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Madcapellan (14 July 2011)

 Act I (EU)
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 Act II (EU)
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Madcapellan (14 July 2011)

Editor:

Hugh Macdonald (1940*)

Publisher Info.:

New Berlioz Edition, Volume 3.
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1980. Plate BA 5443 (issued 1980)

This “urtext” or “scholarly” (scientific) edition was published at least 25 years ago in Germany and thus is public domain in its country of origin. Such editions are also public domain in Canada because they fail to meet the minimum ‘threshold of originality’ to qualify for copyright as an ‘adaptation’. It may not be public domain elsewhere, however. More information about this can be found here.
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600 dpi

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Overture

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Massenetique (22 August 2011)

Editor:

Arthur Smolian (1856-1911)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, 1900. Plate 4004.

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Public Domain [tag all]

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Instrumentation : piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, cornet, 3 trombones, timpani, strings

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 Complete Score
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Daphnis (5 August 2007)

Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie II, Band 5.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1901. Plate H.B. 13

Reprinted:

Mineola: Dover Publications, 1995.

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Public Domain [tag all]

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Instrumentation : piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, cornet, 3 trombones, timpani, strings

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Vocal Scores

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Carolus (1 January 2011)

Arranger:

Richard Pohl (1826–1896), piano reduction

Editor:

First edition (later issue)

Language:

French

Publisher Info.:

Paris: G. Brandus & S. Dufour, n.d.(1863). Plate B. & Cie. 12,857.

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Public Domain [tag all]

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Color scan. First 3 pages (title, cast list) are manuscript additions in an unknown hand.

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General Information

Work Title	Béatrice et Bénédict
Alternative Title	Opéra-comique en deux actes

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	H 138
Movements/Sections	2 Acts Overture Act One 1. Chœur: Le More est en fuite 2. Chœur: Le More est en fuite – 2bis. Danse nationale: Sicilienne 3. Air (Héro): Je vais le voir 4. Duo (Béatrice et Bénédict): Comment le dédain pourrait-il mourir? 5. Trio (Bénedict, Claudio, Don Pédro): Me marier? Dieu me pardonne! 6. Epithalame grotesque. 1er Couplet: Mourez, tendres époux 6a. Epithalame grotesque. 2e Couplet: Mourez, tendres époux 7. Rondo (Bénédict): Ah! Je vais l’aimer 8. Duo (Héro et Ursule): Vous soupirez, madame? Act Two 9. Improvisation et Chœur à boire: Le vin de Syracuse accuse 10. Air (Béatrice): Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre 11. Trio (Héro, Béatrice, Ursule): Je vais d’un cœur aimant 12. Chœur lontain: Viens! Viens, de l’hyménée Victime fortunée 13. Marche nuptiale (Béatrice, Héro, Ursule, Bénédict, Claudio, Don Pédro et Chœur): Dieu qui guidas nos bras 14. Enseigne (Héro, Ursule, Claudio, Don Pédro et Chœur): Ici l’on voit Bénédict 15. Scherzo Duettino (Béatrice, Bénédict, Héro, Ursule, Claudio, Don Pédro et Chœur): L’amour est un flambeau
Year/Date of Composition	1860–62
First Performance	1862-08-09 Baden-Baden: Stadttheater
First Publication	1863 (vocal score) 1892 (overture, full score) 1907 (complete, full score)
Librettist	Hector Berlioz, after “Much ado about nothing” by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language	French
Dedication	M. Edouard Bénazet (1801–67)
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soli and Mixed Chorus with Orchestra 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd also english horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets, cornet, 3 trombones timpani, tambourine, glasses, cymbals, bass drum guitar, 2 harps, string orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article Holoman Catalogue entry Libretto (Berlioz Website) Online scores (Scorch format) of Overture and Sicilienne at Berlioz website

Misc. Comments

Personages

• Don Pédro, General of the Sicilian army, Bass
• Claudio, aide-de-camp to the General, Baritone
• Bénédict, Sicilian officer and friend of Claudio, Tenor
• Léonato, Governor of Messina, speaking role
• Héro, daughter of Léonato, Soprano
• Béatrice, niece of Léonato, Soprano
• Ursule, lady-in-waiting to Hero, Mezzo-soprano
• A messenger, speaking role
• A notary, speaking role
• Two servants, speaking roles
• Somarone, director of music, Bass
• Choir: musicians, choristers, Sicilian people, ladies and gentlemen of the governor’s court (SSTTBB)

Publication History

• 1863 (vocal score)
• 1892 (overture, full score)
• Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(1907), as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie IX, Band XIX–XX, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartener (complete, full score); overture published separately in Serie II, Band V (1901)
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1980, BA 5443, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 3, edited by Hugh Macdonald