Phaedra, Op.
93, is a cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by Benjamin Britten, written for Janet Baker.
[1] Phaedra was the composer's last vocal work, written in 1975 and first performed by Dame Janet Baker at the Aldeburgh Festival on 16 June 1976.
[2] Britten assembled the libretto from parts of a translation of Racine's Phèdre by Robert Lowell.
[3] Stylistically, it draws from the Baroque cantata tradition.