Phaedra (cantata)

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Phaedra Op. 93 is a cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by Benjamin Britten.

History

Phaedra was the composer's last vocal work, written in 1975 and first performed by Janet Baker at the Aldeburgh Festival on 16 June 1976.^[1] Britten assembled the libretto from parts of a translation of Racine's Phèdre by Robert Lowell.^[2] Stylistically, it draws from the Baroque cantata tradition.^[3]

References

↑ Moore, Lloyd. "About this recording". Naxos. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
↑ James, E.D.; Jondorf, G. (1994). Racine : Phèdre. Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780521397216. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ "MODA Triple Opera". The Göteborg Opera. Retrieved 2 August 2013.

v t e Compositions by Benjamin Britten

Operas	Paul Bunyan (1941) Peter Grimes (1945) The Rape of Lucretia (1946) Albert Herring (1947) The Little Sweep (1949) Billy Budd (1951) Gloriana (1953) The Turn of the Screw (1954) Noye's Fludde (1958) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960) Owen Wingrave (1971) Death in Venice (1973)

Church parables	Curlew River (1964) The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966) The Prodigal Son (1968)

Film/Ballet	Night Mail (1936) The Prince of the Pagodas (1956)

Orchestral	Simple Symphony (1934) Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1937) Mont Juic (1937) Sinfonia da Requiem (1940) The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946) Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (1953)

Concertante	Piano Concerto (1938, rev. 1945) Violin Concerto (1939, rev. 1958) Young Apollo (1939) Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra (1940 rev. 1954) Cello Symphony (1963)

Vocal/Choral Orchestral	The Company of Heaven (1937) Les Illuminations (1939) Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1943) Saint Nicolas (1948) Spring Symphony (1949) Nocturne (1958) Cantata academica (1959) War Requiem (1961) Phaedra (1975)

Vocal	Five Canticles (1947–74, including Canticle III: Still falls the rain (1954)) Winter Words (1954) A Birthday Hansel (1975)

Choral	Friday Afternoons (1932–1935) A Boy Was Born (1933) Te Deum in C (1934) A Ceremony of Carols (1942) Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942) Festival Te Deum (1944) Rejoice in the Lamb (1943) Missa Brevis (1959) Sacred and Profane (8 medieval lyrics) (1974)

Chamber/Instrumental	Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria (organ, 1946) Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (oboe, 1951) Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (three trumpets, 1959) Nocturnal after John Dowland (guitar, 1963) Cello suites (1964, 1967, 1972)

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