L'enfant et les sortilèges
Music by Maurice Ravel · libretto by Colette · premiered 1925 · at Opéra de Monte-Carlo
L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties (The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts) is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette.
It is Ravel's second opera, his first being L'heure espagnole.
Written from 1917 to 1925, L'enfant et les sortilèges was first performed in Monte Carlo on 21 March 1925, conducted by Victor de Sabata. After being offered the opportunity to write a musical work, Colette wrote the text in eight days.
Several composers had proposed to Colette that she write to music, but she was only excited by the prospect of Ravel.
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About the Composer
Maurice Ravel is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Maurice Ravel
- L'heure espagnole (1911)