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Julie

Music by Philippe Boesmans · libretto by Luc Bondy · premiered 2005 · at Royal Theatre of La Monnaie

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 written in German. It received its premiere production in March 2005 at La Monnaie 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.

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Philippe Boesmans is the composer of record for this opera.

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