Le Martyre de saint Sébastien

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musical mystery play stage work with music theatrical work

Le Martyre de saint Sébastien is a 1911 musical mystery play with incidental music by Claude Debussy, notable for its symbolist, mystical atmosphere and fusion of drama, dance, and orchestral writing.

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Label Occurrences
Le Martyre de saint Sébastien canonical 2
Paraphrase sur "Le martyre de Saint Sébastien" 1
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical mystery play ⓘ
stage work with music ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
authorOfText Gabriele D'Annunzio ⓘ
surface form: Gabriele D’Annunzio
basedOn legend of Saint Sebastian ⓘ
commissionedBy Ida Rubinstein ⓘ
composer Claude Debussy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
featuresCharacter Saint Sebastian ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1911 ⓘ
genre ballet-pantomime ⓘ
mystery play ⓘ
symbolist drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation orchestral suites from Le Martyre de saint Sébastien ⓘ
hasIncidentalMusic music by Claude Debussy ⓘ
hasInstrumentalForces orchestra ⓘ
hasPart Act I ⓘ
Act II ⓘ
Act III ⓘ
Act IV ⓘ
Prologue ⓘ
hasTheme mysticism ⓘ
spiritual transformation ⓘ
hasVocalForces chorus ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ
intendedPerformer Ida Rubinstein ⓘ
languageOfLibrettoOrText French ⓘ
musicalStyle Impressionism ⓘ
notableFor fusion of drama, dance, and orchestral music ⓘ
mystical atmosphere ⓘ
orchestrationBy Claude Debussy ⓘ
originalMedium stage ⓘ
partOfComposerOeuvre stage works of Claude Debussy ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
premiereDate 1911 ⓘ
premierePlace Paris ⓘ
premiereTheatre Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris ⓘ
surface form: Théâtre du Châtelet
religiousContext Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
setting Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Rome
style symbolism ⓘ
subject Christian martyrdom ⓘ
religious ecstasy ⓘ
textBy Gabriele D'Annunzio ⓘ
surface form: Gabriele D’Annunzio
workTitleInEnglish Le Martyre de saint Sébastien self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
workTitleInFrench Le Martyre de saint Sébastien self-link ⓘ

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Claude Debussy → notableWork → Le Martyre de saint Sébastien ⓘ
Le Martyre de saint Sébastien → workTitleInFrench → Le Martyre de saint Sébastien self-link ⓘ
Le Martyre de saint Sébastien → workTitleInEnglish → Le Martyre de saint Sébastien self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
André Caplet → notableWork → Le Martyre de saint Sébastien ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paraphrase sur "Le martyre de Saint Sébastien"