Déjanire is an opera (tragédie lyrique) in 4 acts composed by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto in French by Louis Gallet and Camille Saint-Saëns. The last of Saint-Saëns' operas, it premiered on 14 March 1911 at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo. One of the opera's central characters, Hercule (Hercules), had been the subject of two earlier symphonic poems by Saint-Saëns – Le Rouet d'Omphale (1872) and La Jeunesse d'Hercule (1877). The story is based on The Trachiniae by Sophocles (also the source for Handel's opera Hercules).
| Librettist | Camille Saint-Saëns; Louis Gallet |
| Date of composition | 1910 (1909-1910) |
| Premiered | 1911, March 14th (Théâtre de Monte-Carlo) in Monaco-Ville, Monaco |
| First published | 1911 |
| Dedicated to | Fernand Castelbon de Beauxhostes |
| Type | Opera |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Chorus/Choir - The people of Oechalia and Trachis Voice (Soprano) - Déjanire (Deianira) Voice (Soprano) - Iole Voice (Contralto) - Phénice Voice (Tenor) - Hercule (Hercules) Voice (Baritone) - Philoctète (Philoctetes) |
| Autotranslations beta |
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