Perséphone
Theatre piece
Perséphone (Persephone) is a musical work (mélodrame) for speaker, solo singers, chorus, dancers and orchestra with music by Igor Stravinsky and a libretto by André Gide.
Synopsis
The melodrama tells the story of the Greek goddess Persephone, in three parts:
- I. Persephone Abducted: Pt. 1: Déesse aux mille noms, puissante Déméter
- I. Persephone Abducted: Pt. 1: Perséphone, un peuple t'attend
- I. Persephone Abducted: Pt. 1: Reste avec nous, princesse Perséphone
- II. Persephone in the Underworld: Pt. 2: Le printemps, c'est toi!
- II. Persephone in the Underworld: Pt. 2: Ma mère Déméter, que la vie était belle
- II. Persephone in the Underworld: Pt. 2: Pauvres ombres désespérées
- II. Persephone in the Underworld: Pt. 2: Sur ce lit elle repose
- II. Persephone in the Underworld: Pt. 2: Tu viens pour dominer
- II. Persephone in the Underworld: Pt. 2: Ô peuple douloureux des ombres, tu m'attires
- III. Persephone Restored: Pt. 3: Ainsi vers l'ombre souterraine
- III. Persephone Restored: Pt. 3: C'est ainsi, nous raconte Homère
- III. Persephone Restored: Pt. 3: Parle, Perséphone, raconte
- III. Persephone Restored: Pt. 3: Venez à nous, enfants des hommes
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.