Le roi des étoiles (The King of the Stars; Russian: Звездоликий, romanized: Zvezdolikiy) is a cantata by Igor Stravinsky, composed in 1911–12. It is set to a text by the Russian poet Konstantin Balmont and published in 1913 by P. Jurgenson. The original Russian title literally means "Star-face" or "The Star-Faced One". The work is more commonly known by the French title as translated by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi.
Original Name | Le roi des étoiles |
Librettist | Konstantin Balmont (Translated in Frensh by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi.) |
Date of composition | 1912 (1911-1912) |
Premiered | 1939, April 19th in Brussels, Belgium |
First published | 1913 |
Type | Secular choral |
Approx. duration | 5 minutes |
Spoken language | French |
Instruments |
Male Chorus
Orchestra |
Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: The King of the Stars Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: The King of the Stars Igor Strawinsky: The King of the Stars |