Miss Julie (opera)

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

Miss Julie is an opera by Ned Rorem to an English libretto by Kenward Elmslie, based on the play, Miss Julie by Swedish playwright August Strindberg on the subject of the intersection of social class and illicit sexual relations in late 19th century Sweden.

[edit] Performance history

It had its first performance with the New York City Opera in 1965. Rorem's Miss Julie is occasionally performed and has been recorded by Albany Records. The score, originally in two acts, was revised in 1978; this one-act version lasts 90 minutes.

[edit] External links

Scoring, synopsis and audio sample: http://www.boosey.com/pages/opera/moreDetails.asp?musicId=6284 Review: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502EED91339F93AA35751C1A962958260