Yvonne, Princesse De Bourgogne

Album by Philippe Boesmans & Mireille Delunsch & Yann Beuron & Paul Gay & Victor von Halem & Klangforum Wien & Les Jeunes Solistes & Sylvain Cambreling

Yvonne, Princesse de Bourgogne is an opera by Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans, premiered in 2009. Musically it employs contemporary operatic techniques with expressive vocal writing set against a modernist orchestral palette that alternates moments of lyricism with abrupt theatrical gestures, and it represents Boesmans's continued engagement with adapting 20th-century dramatic works for the contemporary opera stage.