Julie (opera)

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This article is about the opera by Philippe Boesmans, for other works see Miss Julie (disambiguation).

Julie is a one-act chamber opera written by the Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans who is composer-in-residence of the Brussels opera house, La Monnaie. It is based on August Strindberg's 1888 play, Miss Julie with a libretto by Luc Bondy and Marie Louise-Bischofberger.

It received its premiere production in March 2005 at La Monnaie, and was subsequently seen in Vienna and as part of the July 2005 Festival d‘Aix en Provence. It has been recorded from a live performance at La Monnaie.