description Le Déluge Overview
Le Déluge is a biblical oratorio by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, composed in 1875. It retells the story of Noah and the Flood from the Book of Genesis through solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. The work is part of the nineteenth-century French sacred concert repertory and is suited to listeners interested in Romantic choral music and dramatic settings of biblical narratives.
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What biblical story does Le Déluge tell?
Le Déluge retells Noah and the Flood from the Book of Genesis. Camille Saint-Saëns presents the story as a French oratorio for solo voices, chorus and orchestra.
When was Le Déluge composed?
Saint-Saëns composed Le Déluge in 1875. The French title means The Flood, matching its Genesis subject.
Is Le Déluge an opera?
It is a biblical oratorio built for solo voices, chorus and orchestra rather than a conventional staged opera. Its focus is the Flood narrative from Genesis.
How does Le Déluge differ from Haydn's The Creation?
Le Déluge is Saint-Saëns's 1875 French work about Noah and the Flood. Haydn's The Creation treats the creation story, so the two oratorios have different biblical subjects.
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