Greek Passion, The

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Greek Passion, The (Řecké pašije). Opera in 4 acts by Martinů to lib. by composer and N. Kazantzakis after latter's novel Christ Recrucified (1948) trans. into Eng. by J. Griffin. Comp. 1956–7, rev. 1958 and 1959. Prod. Zurich 1961, Cardiff (WNO) 1981.

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