- Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens (The Trojans) (1856)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by David Cairns for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by the composer. English translation by David Cairns.
- English
Programme Note
Synopsis:
This epic work, based on Virgil’s Aenead, tells of the Fall of Troy to the Greek invaders and of Aeneas’s flight to Carthage and his tragic love affair with Queen Dido.
This epic work, based on Virgil’s Aenead, tells of the Fall of Troy to the Greek invaders and of Aeneas’s flight to Carthage and his tragic love affair with Queen Dido.