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The French Opera

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Eurydice
Lyric drama in three acts Words by JEAN ANOUILH
Music by Jean-Michel Damase (sung in French)
Recording of the world premiere given at the 1972 Mat Musical de Bordeaux made available by French Radio
(first broadcast in this country) The famous classical myth re-interpreted in a setting of postwar France as a tragedy of young love, innocence and mistrust.
ORCHESTRA OF THE
GRAND-THÉÂTRE, BORDEAUX conducted by JEAN-MICHEL DAMASE Acts 1 and 2 3.15* Sonnets to Orpheus
Selections from the sequence by RAtNER MARIA RILKE
Introduced and translated by HALLAM TENNYSON
Readers WALTER hertner and ROBIN BROWNE
3.30' Eurydice, Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Anouilh
Music By:
Jean-Michel Damase
Unknown:
Ratner Maria Rilke
Translated By:
Hallam Tennyson
Readers:
Walter Hertner
Readers:
Robin Browne
Source: Radio Times

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