L'Orestie d'Eschyle
L'Orestie d'Eschyle | |
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The Oresteia | |
Premiere | 1936 Berlin |
L'Orestie d'Eschyle is a French-language opera by
The Oresteia triptych by Aeschylus in a French translation by his collaborator Paul Claudel
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Milhaud set a scene of the first play, Agamemnon, for soprano and chorus in 1913. The second part, Les Choéphores (
Recording
The opera's premiere recording took place in 2014.[3]
- L'Orestie - Lori Phillips (Clytemnestra, soprano), Dan Kempton (Orestes, baritone), Sidney Outlaw (baritone), Sophie Delphis (speaker), Brenda Rae (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer Lane (contralto), Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Kristin Eder (mezzo-soprano), Chamber Choir, University Choir, Orpheus Singers, UMS Choral Union, Percussion Ensemble, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Kiesler. Naxos 2014
External links
- Agamemnon: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Les Choéphores: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Les Euménides: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
References
- ^ Paul Collaer, Jane Hohfeld Galante Darius Milhaud - 1349106518 - 1988 Page 79 "In terms of chronology, Milhaud's next dramatic work is L'Orestie, completed in 1922,"
- ^ Franklin Mesa - Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres 1476605378 2007 - Page 51 "Claudel was also the inspiration for Milhaud's L'Orestie (Berlin 1963)"
- ^ The Guardian L'Orestie d'Eschyle review