Gwendoline (opera)
Gwendoline is an opera in two acts and three scenes by the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier, with a libretto by Catulle Mendès. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium, on 10 April 1886. Further performances followed in Karlsruhe in 1889, Leipzig in 1890 and then in Lyons and Paris in 1893. Gwendoline was Chabrier's attempt to write a serious opera in the style of Richard Wagner.
Gwendoline | |
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Opera by Emmanuel Chabrier | |
Poster from the opera Gwendoline, 1886 (premiere) | |
Librettist | Catulle Mendès |
Language | French |
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