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Julie (opera)

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Julie
Opera by Philippe Boesmans
Librettist
LanguageGerman
Based onAugust Strindberg's Miss Julie
Premiere
2005 (2005)
La Monnaie, Brussels

Julie is a one-act chamber opera written by the Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans, who was 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 [de] written in German.[1]

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

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  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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