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page 1French-language choral compositions
La damnation de Faust
opera by Hector Berlioz
Pavane, Op. 50
1887 composition by Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine
choral composition by Gabriel Fauré
L'enfance du Christ
oratorio composed by Hector Berlioz
Prométhée
tragedie lyrique composed by Gabriel Fauré
Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale
symphony by Hector Berlioz
Marie-Magdeleine
Marie-Magdeleine is an oratorio (Drame Sacré) in three acts and four parts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris on 11 April 1873, starring the famous contralto Pauline Viardot. The first staged performance took place in Nice on February 9, 1903. It was Massenet's first success and won him the praise of Tchaikovsky, Gounod, and Bizet.
Roméo et Juliette
musical work; choral symphony in three parts composed by Hector Berlioz
Ève
oratorio in four parts by Jules Massenet
La Damoiselle élue
Cantata by Claude Debussy