La Princesse jaune: orientalism and artificial paradises

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27/08/2021

La Princesse jaune was the first opera of Saint-Saëns to be presented to the public, but his third in order of composition, coming after Le Timbre d’argent, written in 1864-65 but premiered, after many vicissitudes, in 1877, and Samson et Dalila, begun in 1859 and staged by Liszt in Weimar, also in 1877.

CD-Book Camille Saint-Saëns. La Princesse jaune (2021). Translation: Charles Johnston.