Julietta
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Julietta is a surreal three-act opera by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, based on Georges Neveux’s play about a man searching for a woman in a dreamlike town where people have lost their memories.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Giulietta | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
opera
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stage work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Juliette
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Juliette, ou La clé des songes (French version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Juliette, ou La clé des songes
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play by Georges Neveux ⓘ |
| composer | Bohuslav Martinů NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | Czech ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceConductor | Vaclav Talich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | surreal opera ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | French-language version by the composer ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Act I
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Act II NERFINISHED ⓘ Act III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
commercial audio recordings
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commercial video recordings ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French theatre of the interwar period
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surrealism ⓘ |
| language | Czech ⓘ |
| librettist |
Bohuslav Martinů
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Georges Neveux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
blurring of reality and dream
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fragility of memory ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestration | full orchestra ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfLibretto | Czech ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Julietta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bohuslav Martinů’s operatic output ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century opera ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1938-03-16 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | National Theatre in Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Michel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Boosey & Hawkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | dreamlike town ⓘ |
| settingCharacteristic | inhabitants have lost their memories ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| style | modernist ⓘ |
| subject |
dreams
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memory loss ⓘ search for a woman ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | late 1930s ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Julietta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
chorus
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solo voices ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hoffmann
this entity surface form:
Giulietta