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Opera On 3

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Live from the Met: Triple Bill
Three French 20th-century classics: Satie's ballet Parade, composed to a scenario by Jean Cocteau ; Poulenc's only comic opera, Les Mamelles de Tiresias, based on a play by Apollinaire; and Ravel's L 'Enfant et les Sortilèges, which shows how a naughty child learns a little human kindness afterthetoys and furniture he has abused in his tantrums come to life. Satie Ballet: Parade
Poulenc Les Mamelles de Tiresias
7.45 Interval: Colette's Magic Spells French author Colette completed her fantasy ballet libretto in just a couple of weeks, but it took Ravel a further eight years to complete the score. In their letters they discuss the work's progress towards its premiere at the Opera de Monte Carlo.
8.10 Opera Snaps With Rodney Milnes.
8.15 Ravel L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor James Levine
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Cocteau
Unknown:
Poulenc Les Mamelles
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes.
Conductor:
James Levine
Thérèse:
Alnhoa Arteta (soprano)
The husband:
Earle Patrlarco (baritone)
Theatre manager:
Mark Oswald (baritone)
The child:
Danielle de Niese (soprano)
The princess:
Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano)
The nightingale:
Young Ok Shin (soprano)
The armchair:
Alfred Walker (bass)

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