L'Aiglon (opera)
L'Aiglon is an opera (drame musical) in five acts composed by Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert. Honegger composed acts 2, 3, and 4, with Ibert composing acts 1 and 5. A 2016 reviewer described it as "a singular piece of work" with its "blend of operetta, divertissement, conversation piece, historical pageant and, in the disturbingly powerful fourth act set on the Napoleonic battlefield at Wagram, phantasmagoria peopled with living figures onstage and dead voices off".
| L'Aiglon | |
|---|---|
| Drame musical by | |
At the première in Monte Carlo in 1937: Fanny Heldy (seated), Honegger (3rd from left), Ibert (2nd from right), Vanni Marcoux (1st from right) | |
| Translation | The Eaglet |
| Librettist | Henri Cain |
| Language | French |
| Based on | L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand |
| Premiere | 11 March 1937 Opéra de Monte-Carlo |
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