''Monna Vanna'' is a
drame lyrique or
opera
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in four acts by composer
Henry Février
Henry Février (; 2 October 18756 July 1957) was a French composer.
Biography
Henry Février was born in Paris, France, on 2 October 1875, the son of architect Jules Février. He married and had a son, the pianist Jacques Février. He studied ...
. The opera's French
libretto
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is by playwright
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in ...
and is based on his play of the same name.
The opera premiered on 13 January 1909 at the
Académie Nationale de Musique
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in Paris.
Roles
References
See also
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Mary Garden
Mary Garden (20 February 1874 – 3 January 1967) was a Scottish-American operatic lyric soprano, then mezzo-soprano, with a substantial career in France and America in the first third of the 20th century. She spent the latter part of her chil ...
External links
Online French librettoOnline English libretto
Operas by Henry Février
French-language operas
1909 operas
Operas
Operas based on plays
Operas based on works by Maurice Maeterlinck
Operas set in Italy
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