Peer Gynt
Americannoun
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Like Peer Gynt in search of a greater truth, Oliphant willingly pitted himself against larger-than-life beasts and lived to tell the tale.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2025
The play is a modernised version of the Ibsen classic Peer Gynt.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2019
She received a season high 122.21 points, nonetheless, for the difficult performance set to Peer Gynt.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2014
As a child I would spend hours listening to Peer Gynt, the William Tell overture and Scheherazade.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2013
Ase is the poor mother of Peer Gynt, who was left alone in her cottage on the mountains while her ne'er-do-weel son was off on his travels.
From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
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