Opera in the Repertoire · Romantic
L'île du rêve
Music by Reynaldo Hahn · libretto by André Alexandre · premiered 1898 · at Opéra-Comique
L'île du rêve ("The Dream Island") is an 1898 French opera set in Polynesia. It was the first opera by Reynaldo Hahn. The idylle polynésienne in three acts has a libretto by André Alexandre and Georges Hartmann, which was adapted from Pierre Loti's semi-autobiographical 1880 novel Rarahu or Le Mariage de Loti set in Tahiti. It premiered on 23 March 1898 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
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About the Composer
Reynaldo Hahn is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Reynaldo Hahn
- La Carmélite (1902)
- Ciboulette (1923)