Music composed by Jules Massenet. Libretto by Louis Gallet based on La
vie de JÈsus (1863) by Ernest Renan.
First performance: 11 April 1873, ThÈ‚tre de l’OdÈon, Paris (concert
performance).
| Principal Characters: | |
| Marie-Magdeleine (MÈryem) | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Marthe | Soprano |
| JÈsus | Tenor |
| Judas | Bass |
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here for La vie de JÈsus (1863) by Ernest
Renan.
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Judas: Richard Haan
Marthe: Pavlina Kambourova
MÈryem: Valentina Tschavdarova
Czech Philharmonic Chorus of Brno, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Leoö Sv·rovsk˝ (cond.)
Brno, 1994