Compère

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Compère is a character in the avant-garde opera "Four Saints in Three Acts," serving as one of the figures in its unconventional, allegorical narrative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera character
appearsIn Four Saints in Three Acts NERFINISHED
artForm opera
associatedMovement American avant-garde
modernism
associatedWithGenre avant-garde opera
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Gertrude Stein NERFINISHED
hasNarrativeStyle allegorical
nonlinear
surreal
hasThematicRelation saints and spirituality in modernist art
languageOfWork English
librettoBy Gertrude Stein NERFINISHED
medium stage performance
musicBy Virgil Thomson NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction figure in an unconventional, allegorical narrative
partOfCastType ensemble of allegorical figures
partOfWorkStructure dramatis personae of "Four Saints in Three Acts"
roleInWork character in the opera "Four Saints in Three Acts"
workNotableFor experimental use of language
innovative staging
nontraditional narrative form
workPremiereYear 1934
workSettingType abstract spiritual setting

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