The first performance of this production took place on 25 April 1947. This was the first performance in French and the first performance of the opera in La Monnaie. The French translation is by Georges Dalman.
The cast for this production was:
José Lens, Male Chorus; Yetty Martens, Female Chorus; Maurice de Groote, Collatinus; Francis Andrien, Junius; Ernest Delmarche, Tarquinius; Mina Bolotine, Lucretia; Yvonne Herbos, Bianca; Marie-Louise Derval, Lucia; Mise en scèné, Georges Dalman; Chef de Chant, Jules Vincent; Décors et costumes, Olivier Picard.
The orchestra of 'treize soloistes' conducted by Corneil de Thoran.
The 6 performances of 1947 were on 25 April, 4, 14, 27 May, and 9, 26 June as part of a double bill with Jean Absil's 'Fansou'. The 3 performances of 1948 were on 2 February, 3 and 17 March and were part of a double bill with Ravel's 'L'enfant et les sortilèges'.
4 photographs
Programme and press cuttings in archive.
Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PHPN-17-2
