Chausson's Arthurian opera in three acts, to the composer's own text. has been called "the most
Wagnerian opera Wagner never wrote".
The plot centres on the last days of the Round Table, on Guinevere's passion for Lancelot, Lancelot's spiritual crisis and Arthur's final departure. Sung in French.
Netherlands Radio Chorus and Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor
Edo de Waart