L'île du rêve explained

L'île du rêve ("The Dream Island") is a 1898 French opera set in Polynesia. It was the first opera by Reynaldo Hahn. The idylle polynésienne in three acts has a libretto by André Alexandre and Georges Hartmann, which was adapted from Pierre Loti's semi-autobiographical 1880 novel Rarahu or Le Mariage de Loti set in Tahiti. It premiered on 23 March 1898 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.^{[1] [2]}

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Notes and References

1. Web site: L'Île du rêve. Reynaldo-Hahn.net. 2020-08-15.
2. Book: Greene. David Mason. Greene. Constance. Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers. 1985. Garden City, New York. Doubleday. 1040. 0385142781. 12217368. In 1898 the Opéra-Comique produced his first opera, L'Ile du rêve (The Dream Isle)..
3. Web site: [:it]L'Île du rêve - Reynaldo Hahn - Bru Zane [:fr]L'Île du rêve - Reynaldo Hahn - Bru Zane [:]]. 2021-01-20. Bru Zane. en.