Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie

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Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie is a melodramatic sequel for narrator, soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Hector Berlioz that continues the autobiographical narrative begun in his Symphonie fantastique.

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Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work
melodramatic symphony
programmatic composition
alternativeName Lélio
basedOn Symphonie fantastique (autobiographical narrative)
catalogueNumber Op. 14b
composer Hector Berlioz
continuationOf the artist’s story from Symphonie fantastique
countryOfOrigin France
firstConductor Hector Berlioz
follows Symphonie fantastique
form hybrid of monodrama and symphony
genre melodrama
program music
hasInstrumentationFeature dramatic spoken narration
prominent use of chorus
hasPart chorus
narrator
orchestra
soloists
language French
movement Chanson de brigands
Chœur d’ombres
Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare
linked to: The Tempest, Op. 18

La harpe éolienne
Le pêcheur
narrativeForm autobiographical
narratorCharacter Lélio
period Romantic era
premiereDate 1832
premierePlace Paris
publisher Schlesinger
relatedWork Symphonie fantastique
scoring baritone soloist
bass soloist
mixed chorus
spoken narrator with orchestra
tenor soloist
structure six movements
subtitle Le retour à la vie
theme artist’s recovery from despair
power of art and music
usesTextBy Alphonse de Lamartine
Hector Berlioz
Thomas Moore
William Shakespeare

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Symphonie fantastique relatedWork Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie
subject linked to: Berlioz Symphonie fantastique