1) Composition by Paul Dukas 2) French play 3) Opera based on play 4) Opera by Charles Gounod 5) Play adapted into opera 6) Play by Pierre Corneille 7) Play set in ancient Rome
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Polyeucte martyr is a drama in five acts by French writer Pierre Corneille. It was finished in December 1642 and debuted in October 1643. It is based on the life of the martyr Saint Polyeuctus (Polyeucte). In 1878 it was adapted into an opera by Charles Gounod, with the assistance of the librettist Jules Barbier. The opera was not a success and is...
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[Dukas] Polyeucte is an overture composed by Paul Dukas in 1891 for the tragedy of the same name by Pierre Corneille. Dukas made his public debut with the first performance of this overture on 23 January 1892 at the Concerts Lamoureux. ...
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[opera] Polyeucte (pɔliœkt) is an opéra by Charles Gounod based on the play about Saint Polyeuctus by Pierre Corneille. The libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré is more faithful to its source than Les martyrs, Scribe`s adaptation for Donizetti, and Gounod hoped to express `the unknown and irresistable powers that Christianity has ...
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(from the article `Corneille, Pierre`) Le Cid, Horace, Cinna, and Polyeucte, which appeared in 1643, are together known as Corneille`s `classical tetralogy` and together represent perhaps ...
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