Les Mamelles de Tirésias

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Les Mamelles de Tirésias is a surrealist opera bouffe by Francis Poulenc, adapted from Guillaume Apollinaire’s play and noted for its playful, avant-garde treatment of gender roles and identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
opéra bouffe
surrealist opera
acts 2
authorOfSourceWork Guillaume Apollinaire NERFINISHED
basedOn Les Mamelles de Tirésias (play) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Guillaume Apollinaire NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber FP 125
composer Francis Poulenc NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticForm opéra bouffe
firstPerformanceTheatre Opéra-Comique NERFINISHED
genre opéra bouffe
surrealism
hasCharacter Le Directeur du théâtre
Le Gendarme NERFINISHED
Le Journaliste NERFINISHED
Le Mari NERFINISHED
Thérèse NERFINISHED
hasPrologue yes
hasSurrealElements yes
language French
librettist Francis Poulenc NERFINISHED
mainFemaleProtagonist Thérèse NERFINISHED
mainMaleProtagonist Le Mari
movement surrealism
notableFor comic treatment of serious social issues
early surrealist opera treatment
notableTheme gender identity
gender roles
role reversal
orchestration orchestra and voices
originalPlayAuthor Guillaume Apollinaire NERFINISHED
originalPlayPublicationYear 1917
period 20th-century opera
premiereCity Paris NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1947-06-03
premierePlace Opéra-Comique NERFINISHED
settingLocation Zanzibar NERFINISHED
structure prologue and two acts
style avant-garde
playful
subjectMatter female emancipation
fertility and birthrate
timePeriodOfComposition 1940s
titleTranslationEnglish The Breasts of Tiresias NERFINISHED
vocalForces chorus
solo voices
workTitleLanguage French

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Salle Favart hasPremiere Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Francis Poulenc notableWork Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Guillaume Apollinaire notableWork Les Mamelles de Tirésias