The last opera of Saint-Saëns: Déjanire

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12/04/2024

If Déjanire clearly takes its place within the tradition of French tragédie lyrique, the pre-war critics were naturally unable to perceive its hidden modernity. Without going so far as to risk a comparison with Honegger’s Antigone (1927), can we not see in this classicism swimming against the tide of fashion an anticipation of the neo-classicism of the 1920s?

CD-Book Camille Saint-Saëns. Déjanire (2024). Translation: Charles Johnston.