The Breasts of Tiresias
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The Breasts of Tiresias is a surrealist play in two acts and a prologue by Guillaume Apollinaire, premiered at the conservatoire Maubel on 24 June 1917. The production was by Pierre Albert-Birot, sets
Frontispiece for the playtext of Les Mamelles de Tirésias. Editions SIC, 1918.
Les mamelles de Tirésias
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Les mamelles de Tirésias is an opéra bouffe by Francis Poulenc, in a prologue and two acts based on the eponymous play by Guillaume Apollinaire. The opera was written in 1945 and first performed in 19
The Breasts of Tiresias
…subtitle and in the preface to the play, the poet invented the word "surrealism" to describe his new style of drama. The play has been adapted into an opera by Francis Poulenc. It also has been translated twice, first by Louis Simpson in the 1960s and then by Maya Slater in 2009. In 2010, Eric Wallach adapted…
Design for the opera, 2001