Phaedra (cantata)

Phaedra (cantata)

Phaedra Op. 93 is a cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by Benjamin Britten. It was the composer's last vocal work, written in 1975 and first performed by Janet Baker at the Aldeburgh Festival on 16 June 1976. Britten assembled the libretto from parts of a translation of Racine's "Phèdre" by Robert Lowell. The work takes around 16 minutes to perform.


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