Julien, ou La vie du poète (Julien, or The Poet's Life) is a poème lyrique, or #opera, by composer #GustaveCharpentier. 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 #SalleFavart on 4 June 1913.
Gustave Charpentier was born #OTD in 1860.
We don't hear his Louise nearly as much as we should, nowadays, but here's Alessandra Marc sounding glorious in Depuis le jour.

