Question: Were Saint François d'Assise and Curlew River written by writers from the same country?
Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Saint François d'Assise is an opera in three acts and eight scenes by French composer and librettist Olivier Messiaen, written from 1975 to 1983. It concerns Saint Francis of Assisi, the title character, and displays the composer's devout Catholicism. The world première was given by the Paris Opera at the Palais Garnier on 28 November 1983. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Curlew River – A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. The first of Britten's three 'Parables for Church Performance', the work is based on the Japanese "noh" play "Sumidagawa" (Sumida River) of Juro Motomasa] (1395–1431), which Britten saw during a visit to Japan and the Far East in early 1956. Beyond the "noh" source dramatic material, Britten incorporated elements of "noh" treatment of theatrical time into this composition. "Curlew River" marked a departure in style for the remainder of the composer's creative life, paving the way for such works as "Owen Wingrave", "Death in Venice", and the Third String Quartet. [END] 
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no
no