Julie (opera)

Julie is a one-act chamber opera written by the Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans, who is composer-in-residence of the Brussels opera house, La Monnaie. It is based on August Strindberg's 1888 play, Miss Julie, with a libretto by Luc Bondy and Marie Louise-Bischofberger written in German.[1]

Not to be confused with Miss Julie (Rorem opera), the 1965 opera by Ned Rorem, or Miss Julie (Alwyn opera), the 1977 opera by William Alwyn.
Julie
Opera by Philippe Boesmans
Librettist
LanguageGerman
Based onAugust Strindberg's Miss Julie
Premiere
2005 (2005)
La Monnaie, Brussels

It received its premiere production in March 2005 at La Monnaie[2] and was subsequently seen in Vienna and as part of the July 2005 Festival d‘Aix-en-Provence. A live performance was recorded at Aix-en-Provence and released on DVD.

References
  1. "Philippe Boesmans: Julie (2005)". Alibris. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  2. "Julie". Digital archives of la Monnaie. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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