Ghiselle
Ghiselle is an opera by César Franck to a Merovingian-themed French libretto by the novelist Gilbert-Augustin Thierry, son of Amédée Thierry. The plot, set in the sixth century, while not keeping up with the "one assassination per act" of its predecessor "Hulda" (1886), is nonetheless rich in violent incident and ends with a double suicide.

Composition began in the fall of 1888 and the last page of the piano score bears the date 21 September 1889. Franck orchestrated the first act himself; the remainder were prepared for the posthumous premiere (in Monte Carlo) by his pupils Pierre de Bréville, Ernest Chausson, Vincent d'Indy, and Arthur Coquard.
Q50187
César Franck
PER
Q59488
Merovingian
Concept
Q150
French
Concept
Q131084
libretto
Concept
None
Gilbert-Augustin Thierry
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Q697833
Amédée Thierry
PER
Q3143000
Hulda
MEDIA
Q45240
Monte Carlo
LOC
Q240908
Pierre de Bréville
PER
Q312368
Ernest Chausson
PER
Q313584
Vincent d'Indy
PER
Q4798335
Arthur Coquard
PER
Q5556742
Ghiselle
MEDIA
1888-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1888
DATE
1889-09-21T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
21 September 1889
DATE
+1886^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1886
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composer
language of work or name
location of first performance