Name: Phaedra
Rating: 3.533333333333333 (30 reviews)

Jean Racine

Benjamin Britten

Dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra.

Dramatic Cantata for Mezzo-soprano and Small Orchestra, Op. 93

Phaedra

Phèdre

Phedre

Safiya 

I love tragedies and I cannot lie !

Catharsis et Purgation ou l'effet thérapeutique des tragédies !

En ces temps d'adolescence, la perspective de tragédies grecques mettaient moins l'accent sur l'action mais plus sur la fatalité. Et cela calme un peu moins les entrailles, au lieu de me révolter je trouvais ma rédemption dans le concept de fatalité. Si poussé à l'extrême, l'autre bout du tunnel est une impasse nihiliste dépressive !

"A bas Racine, A bas les perruques!"

Chloe 

anne caroline

Vincent B

ivana

Sarah

Gabriele

Florence

Autiquet

Catherine Duplessis

Seth Kalback

Chloe C

Raphaëlle

Léane 

Racine’s play Phèdre—which draws on Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus—is the supreme achievement of French neoclassic theater. In her amusing foreword, Margaret Rawlings explains how this particular translation—made specifically from the actor’s point-of-view—evolved from the 1957 Campbell Allen production.

Containing both the French and English texts on facing pages, as well as Racine’s own preface and notes on his contemporary and classical references, this edition of Phèdre is a favorite among modern readers and is of special value to students, amateur companies, and repertory theaters alike. Translated and with a foreword by Margaret Rawlings.

Phaedra Dramatic Cantata for Mezzo-soprano and Small Orchestra, Op. 93

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