L'enfant et les sortilèges
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L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first being L'heure espagnol
Marie-Therese Gauley as the child, in 1926
Colette and Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, 1st scene
Colette and Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, 2nd scene
Luthéal
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The luthéal is a kind of hybrid piano which extended the "register" possibilities of a piano by producing cimbalom-like sounds in some registers, exploiting harmonics of the strings when pulling other
L'enfant et les sortilèges
…cymbals, tam-tam, rachet, cheese grater (scraped with a triangle beater), wood block, wind machine, crotales, snare drum Keyboards: celesta, piano (or luthéal), Strings: harp, strings Music The opera calls for a large orchestra, a mixed chorus of adults, a chorus of children, and eight soloists, most of whom…
A luthéal