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Faust et Hélène

Music by women composers

Faust et Hélène is a cantata (occasionally staged as an opera) written by Lili Boulanger in 1913 to a libretto by Eugène Adenis. It was written for the final round of the Prix de Rome music competition, which she then won, becoming the first woman to receive its first prize.

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