Cassandre (Jarrell)

Cassandre is an opera completed in 1994 by Michael Jarrell to a libretto in French based on Christa Wolf's novel Kassandra, adapted by Gerhard Wolf and translated by Alain Lance. The monodrame pour comédienne, ensemble instrumental et électronique is a monodrama set for a woman reciting the text and acting, an instrumental ensemble and electronics. The opera was premiered on 4 February 1994 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and was then given in several languages. It was published by Lemoine in Paris, and recorded.