Play Or Opera . . .

[atalanta]

Does anyone know of a play or an opera set during the French Revolution and featuring a guillotine ?
This has nothing to do with a Tale of 2 cities, by the way.

[naomi24]

Les Mis?

[Lie-in King]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogues_of_the_Carmelites#Analysis

^Line 2

(?)

[Lie-in King]

Another try - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Ch%C3%A9nier (?)

[naomi24]

No, that wasn't set in the French revolution, was it? I can't remember.

All I can think of is The Scarlet Pimpernel - but I'll keep thinking.

[Lie-in King]

A play - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidor_(play)

[Flonska]

I thought the French Revolution was 1789-94, whereas Les Miserables is an adaptation of incidents that occurred in Paris in 1832.

[Buenchico]

Ça Ira is Roger Waters' opera about the French Revolution, which features an execution scene in Act 3.

[naomi24]

Flonska, I realised that after my original post - hence my follow-up at 16.54.

[Flonska]

Thinking of the Scarlet Pimpernel reminds me that although not an opera or play, there is, of course, the film "Carry On - Don't Lose Your Head" set in the time of the French Revolution with those wonderfully named characters, Camembert, Bidet, Duke de Pommefrite and Sir Rodney Ffing a.k.a. the Black Fingernail!

[naomi24]

Haaa! Love it!! I do so love 'daft'!!

[Flonska]

Naomi . . . my post was not a criticism. Being on slow broadband speed, I don't always receive "instant" notification of updates on posts. Your follow up was not showing when I hit "answer now." :-)

[naomi24]

No problem. I didn't take it as such.

[Flonska]

Thank you ;-)

[naomi24]

:o)

[aelmpvw]

Therese by Massenet

[mightymouse]

Yes, Massenet's "Therese", also the wonderful "Andrea Chenier" by Giordano.......both operas.

[DTCwordfan]

minty, mazie and islay's ancestors were at it yonks ago....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_(beheading)

[aelmpvw]

ya should be careful, you could have someone's head off with that