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Le Rossignol by Stravinsky and Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Poulenc, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

28. 3.20:30 → 22:30

Le Rossignol (The Nightingale); Lyric tale in three acts (scenes) by Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971); Libretto by Stepan Mitusov after the tale by Hans Christian Andersen; First performance in Paris, Opéra, 26 May 1914; Les Mamelles de Tirésias ('The Breasts of Tiresias'). ‘Opéra bouffe’ in a prologue and two acts by Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963); Libretto by Francis Poulenc after Guillaume Apollinaire's play; Firt performance in Paris, Opéra-Comique (Salle Favart), 3 June 1947; Les Siécles, François-Xavier Roth (conductor); Ensemble Aedes; Olivier Py (stage direction); Pierre-André Weitz (sets,...