Fervaal

40, is an opera (action musicale or lyric drama) in three acts with a prologue by the French composer Vincent d'Indy.

The composer wrote his own libretto, based in part on the lyric poem Axel[1] by the Swedish author Esaias Tegnér.

[6] It was also performed in concert by the American Symphony Orchestra, led by Leon Botstein on 14 October 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.

[8] Contemporary commentary, such as from Maurice Ravel, described Fervaal as strongly influenced by the operas of Richard Wagner,[9] such as Parsifal.

After he finally does take leave of Guilhen, she calls forth a mob of her fellow Saracens to revenge her abandonment by invading Cravann.

If the oath is violated, if the ancient law is broken, if love reigns over the world, the cycle of Esus is closed.

Fervaal understands that the violation refers to his own breaking of the oath renouncing love and that the redemptive death will be his in the end.

Fervaal anticipates that he will fail as a leader and thus as his land's saviour, but he feels that he can achieve his redemptive death in battle as a military commander.

In act 3, the Cravann army has lost in battle, and Fervaal remains alive, in spite of seeking death in the conflict.

A full production by French radio was recorded on 22 March 1962 and broadcast on 19 October the same year and was issued on the Malibran label (MR771) in 2015, its first commercial release.

Principals are Fervaal: Rodrigo Orrego; Arfagard: Philippe Rouillon; Guilhen: Sophie Fournier; Kaito: Qin Du; Chor und Extrachor des Stadttheaters Bern; Berner Symphoniecrchester, Srboljub Dinic, conductor.