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
basedOn Les Mamelles de Tirésias (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor Guillaume Apollinaire
catalogueNumber FP 125
composer Francis Poulenc
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticForm opéra bouffe
firstPerformanceTheatre Opéra-Comique
genre opéra bouffe
surrealism
hasCharacter Le Directeur du théâtre
Le Gendarme
linked to: the gendarme

Le Journaliste
Le Mari
Thérèse
linked to: Therese
hasPrologue yes
hasSurrealElements yes
language French
librettist Francis Poulenc
mainFemaleProtagonist Thérèse
linked to: Therese
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
originalPlayPublicationYear 1917
period 20th-century opera
premiereCity Paris
premiereDate 1947-06-03
premierePlace Opéra-Comique
settingLocation Zanzibar
structure prologue and two acts
style avant-garde
playful
subjectMatter female emancipation
fertility and birthrate
timePeriodOfComposition 1940s
titleTranslationEnglish The Breasts of Tiresias
vocalForces chorus
solo voices
workTitleLanguage French

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Francis Poulenc notableWork Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Salle Favart hasPremiere Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Guillaume Apollinaire notableWork Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Les Mamelles de Tirésias basedOn Les Mamelles de Tirésias (play)
linked to: Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Guillaume Apollinaire notableWork Les Mamelles de Tirésias