Quote from: edurban on Saturday 06 February 2010, 23:55
I had a feeling this would be Magnard's year as American Symphony's fall opera composer, but I thought the choice would be Guercoeur. Nope, it's Berenice of 1909 (after Racine), I guess Guercoeur was too well-known . Anyone know if this score also had to be reconstructed after the German soldiers set fire to Magnard's house?
David
Botstein talked about Berenice some in a Fanfare magazine interview a few years back, there was no mention of need for reconstruction (unlike Guercoeur), though it's possible. I don't think he mentioned Yolande or any other Magnard opera (is there another besides those three?) - I'd have to check That said, he was already quite taken with Berenice, it was understandable he'd eventually conduct it.