La Terre Promise (The Promised Land / 1900 Massenet), oratorio
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Ève <French> / Eve (1875) is an oratorio by Jules Massenet (mus. and libr.). Based on the on the French translation of the Vulgate by Silvestre de Sacy
Abstract
Oratorio en trois parties.
The oratorio is a recounting of the biblical story of the Conquest of the Land.
The only personage is the Narrator (called La Voix), who recounts the words of Moses and Joshua. The Chorus represents the people of Israel.
Editions, performances
Premiered in Paris, France: L’église Saint-Eustache, 15 March 1900.
Synopsis
- 1. Moab - L'Alliance
- 2. Jéricho - La Victoire
- 3. Chanaan - La Terre Promise