Reinventing tragedy ‘à l’antique’: Déjanire at the Béziers Arena

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12/04/2024

Under the Ancien Régime, Lully and his collaborators invented the tragédie lyrique in order to glorify the Sun King and his court. Two centuries later, the Béziers Déjanire is in many respects a modern tragedy on an ancient subject, addressing the citizens of the Third Republic with an ideological ambition that roots it in Greco-Latin culture.

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