21 Apr 2008
MASSENET: Marie-Magdeleine
Marie-Magdeleine: Drame sacré in three acts and four scenes
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Music composed by Jules Massenet. Libretto by Louis Gallet based on La vie de Jésus (1863) by Ernest Renan.
First performance: 11 April 1873, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris (concert performance).
| Principal Characters: | |
| Marie-Magdeleine (Méryem) | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Marthe | Soprano |
| Jésus | Tenor |
| Judas | Bass |