Julien (opera)

Julien, ou La vie du poète
Julien, ou La vie du poète
Opera by Gustave Charpentier
	Enrico Caruso as Julien and Geraldine Farrar as Louise in the 1914 Metropolitan Opera production
Librettist	Gustave Charpentier
Language	French
Premiere	4 June 1913; Salle Favart, Paris

Julien, ou La vie du poète (Julien, or The Poet's Life) is a poème lyrique, or opera, by composer Gustave Charpentier. The work is devised in a prologue and four acts and uses a French libretto by the composer. Julien is a sequel to Charpentier's Louise (1900) and describes the artistic aspirations of Louise's suitor Julien. The opera premiered in Paris at the Salle Favart on 4 June 1913.^[1]

^ Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, ISBN 0-19-869164-5

[1] Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, ISBN 0-19-869164-5

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