Paris Opéra audience et al. in Palais Garnier - 1945
from Unfinished Journey, page 177:
The reopening of the Opéra, the first chance of playing the Marsellaise since mid-1940, raised the occasion to a national, to an almost mystic significance. I don’t know who was the more thoroughly affected, the audience or myself and the other musicians on stage: it seemed our hearts would break together for gladness.
cite as
Yehudi Menuhin, Unfinished Journey (London, April, 1977), p. 177. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1409777599167 accessed: 12 December, 2024
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La Marseillaise
written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
performed by Orchestra at the Paris Opéra, Yehudi Menuhin |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1945 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
At the reopening of the Paris Opéra, after the Nazi occupation.
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:53:19 +0100
Approved on Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:30:10 +0000