Philippe Fénelon (born 23 November 1952, Suèvres, Loir-et-Cher) is a French classical composer.Begoña Lolo Cervantes y el Quijote en la mâusica: estudios sobre la recepciâon ... -2007 -p232 "El mismo año en el que se estrena la ópera de Frazzi citada anteriormente, nace el compositor francés Philippe Fénelon (1952), quien escribe en 1984-1986 la música y el libreto de una de las obras líricas más originales que se hayan .."

Works, editions and recordings

;Opera * 1984 : ''Le Chevalier imaginaire'', in prologue and 2 acts after Cervantès and Kafka. Théâtre du Châtelet. * 1992 : ''Salammbô'', in 3 acts after

Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , ; ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realis ...

. Opéra de Paris, premiere conducted by

Gary Bertini Gary Bertini (; May 1, 1927 – March 17, 2005) was one of the most important Israeli musicians and conductors. In 1978 he was awarded the Israel Prize for Music. Biography Gary Bertini was born ''Shloyme Golergant'' in Bricheva, Bessarabia, th ...

* 1998 : ''Les Rois'', in 3 acts after Cortázar. Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. * 2005 : ''Faust'', 2 acts after

Nikolaus Lenau Nikolaus Lenau was the pen name of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau (13 August 1802 – 22 August 1850), a German-language Austrian poet. Biography He was born at Csatád (Schadat), Kingdom of Hungary, now Lenauheim, Banat, then p ...

. Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse. * 2010 : ''La Cerisaie'', 2 scenes and epilogue after

Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

. Premiere at the Bolshoi 2010 (in concert). * 2012 : ''JJR, Citoyen de Genève'', on

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...

;Ballet * ''Yamm'' (2000); choreography by Lionel Hoche; produced at l'Opéra de Paris ;Chamber music * ''Caprice'' for viola solo (1977, revised 1982) * ''Nit'' for viola solo (1994) * ''Epha'' for bassoon and viola (2000) * ''Fragment II'' for

basset horn The basset horn (sometimes hyphenated as basset-horn) is a member of the clarinet family of musical instruments. Construction and tone Like the clarinet, the instrument is a wind instrument with a single reed and a cylindrical bore (wind in ...

and viola (2002)

References

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