Pénélope (Fauré)
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Pénélope is an opera in three acts by the French composer Gabriel Fauré. The libretto, by René Fauchois, is based on Homer's Odyssey. It was first performed at the Salle Garnier, Monte Carlo, on 4 Mar
Poster by Georges Rochegrosse used for the 1913 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées premiere
Muratore and Lucienne Bréval as Ulysse and Pénélope, Paris, 1913, drawn by Paul Charles Delaroche
Lucien Muratore as Ulysse in 1913
René Fauchois
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René Fauchois was a French dramatist, librettist and actor. Stagestruck from his youth, he moved from his native Rouen to Paris as a teenager to pursue a stage career. He had early success both as an
Fauchois, left, as Gioachino Rossini and Sarah Bernhardt (right) as his mother, 1920