L'Orestie d'Eschyle
Music by Darius Milhaud
L'Orestie d'Eschyle is a French-language opera by Darius Milhaud based on The Oresteia triptych by Aeschylus in a French translation by his collaborator Paul Claudel. Milhaud set a scene of the first play, Agamemnon, for soprano and chorus in 1913. The second part, Les Choéphores (The Libation Bearers), dates from 1915–16. The very extensive third part, Les Euménides (The Furies), was completed in 1923. The opera was partially performed in March 1931, but not performed complete till 1963 in Berlin.
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About the Composer
Darius Milhaud (French: [daʁjys mijo]; Provençal: [miˈjawt]; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and Brazilian music and make extensive use of polytonality. Milhaud is considered one of the key modernist composers. He taught many future jazz and classical composers, including Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, György Kurtág, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis among others.
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Other Operas by Darius Milhaud
- L'Abandon d'Ariane (1891)
- La Délivrance de Thésée (1927)
- Christophe Colomb (1930)
- David (1954)