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Title

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According to commonly used rules in French orthography, the title ought to be Les Enfants terribles (opera), although per WP:OPERATITLE, the custom on the English WikiProject Opera would be to name it Les enfants terribles (opera). -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 11:17, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

World premiere

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The opera was performed in Albertslund, Copenhagen and the performance was presented as a world premiere. Glass was there. I was there too, but I have not kept any documents. It should however be possible to straighten this out. Mio Nielsen --Cayrouses (talk) 07:35, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently, there were quite a number of premieres. The only source I can find regarding Albertslund is "Der var engang en kulturby" by Jakob Levinsen, Dansk Musik Tidsskrift [da] (1996–1997), vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 147–151. Unfortunately, that article doesn't give an exact date, but it's enough to add it to the list of premieres in the article. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 10:33, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the information. So it was in the month of may-96, according to the link you gave. --Cayrouses (talk) 12:22, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can you point me to the specific text in that article that mentions it was performed in May at the da:Kulturby 96? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:35, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is in the middle of page 6: ...…samt gæstespil i Albertslundhuset af Philip Glass i maj - den første opførelse på dansk grund af en Glass-apera, den helt nye Les Enfants Terribles -... translation: ... including a guest performance by Philip Glass in may, the first staging in Denmark of a Glass opera, the completely new Les enfants terrible- ... There was only one performance. I will try to find the date. Mio Nielsen. France --Cayrouses (talk) 14:17, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Funny: The date given for the staging in Zug is ... 18th of may -96. Tomorrow that is exactly 25 years ago.--Cayrouses (talk) 14:26, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The performance date in Albertslund was 28th of may. The opera was performed also the following day.--Cayrouses (talk) 15:30, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]