Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

The Birds (1939)

stage music for Aristophanes' play


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1939
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Aristophane, Les Oiseaux.

Premiere information

  • Date: 21 April 1939
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Cambridge, MA, Sanders Theatre, Harvard classical Club


    Performers:

    Charles T. Murphy, Lawrence B. Leighton : mise en scène, direction : Leonard Bernstein.