by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699)
Translation © by Robert Lowell (1917 - 1977)
Prologue
Language: English after the French (Français)
In May, in brilliant Athens, on my marriage day [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Lowell (1917 - 1977), appears in Racine's Phaedra: a verse translation, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699), appears in Phèdre [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Prologue", op. 93, copyright © 1976 [ soprano and orchestra ], from cantata Phaedra, no. 1, Boosey and Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
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