Significant French Operas

Les Euménides

Music by Darius Milhaud

Libretto by Paul Claudel,
 after Eschyle

First Performance: Antwerp, November 27, 1927

Cast:
Apollon                                          Baritone
Oreste                                             Baritone
La Pythie                                        Soprano
Le Spectre de Clytemnestre          Mezzo soprano
La Statue d'Athéna (3 voices)       Soprano, Mezzo, Contralto
Le Chœur (Erinnyes)                     Chorus of females
L'Assemblée du peuple d'Athènes Mixed chorus
Mens chorus with orchestra in 2 first acts.

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Last updated: January 09, 2008