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"No!" cries Nunciata, the stubborn Corsican grandmother, when she is asked to put an end to the vendetta between her family, the Fabiani, and their enemies, the Pietra Nera clan. Set against a backdrop of tragic deaths, insatiable desire for revenge and passionate love at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, this "lyrical drama" composed by Saint-Saëns was premiered at the Opera de Monte-Carlo in 1906 and dedicated to Prince Albert I, who had commissioned it.
Saint-Saëns demonstrates the full range of his style here, interweaving Debussyan chords, melodic lines à la Massenet and aggressive rhythms worthy of Prokofiev. Above all, however, he shows a flair for the theater characteristic of French opera, and one can only imagine how successful this score would be if it were to return to the stage. It is no coincidence that after its triumphant premiere in Monte Carlo, "L'Ancêtre" was performed in several cities in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany, as well as in Algiers (February 1911) and Cairo (February 1912), before receiving two further performances in March 1915 in the theater where it was created.
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