enters and tells Colin that Chick spent all his money on the books by Jean-Sol Partre, and now wants to separate from her. Colin tries to console her. Intermezzo: Seneschal and eight policemen are coming to Chick to confiscate his property 12th Tableau: At Chick's Chick dies defending his books. Paris is on fire. Intermezzo: Alise sets fire to the bookshops with the books by Jean-Sol Partre 13th Tableau: Chloé’s death The dialogue between Colin and Jesus nailed to the cross. Intermezzo: The empty town. The little girl sings a song about the dead town 14th Tableau: An Epilogue Dialogue of Cat and Mouse. Mouse wants to die putting its head into the Cat's mouth. Blind girls walk the street singing a song about Jesus. One of the girls stepped on the Cat's tail. The Cat shuts its mouth. Recordings Colin et Chloé, suite from the opera L'écume des jours (The Foam of Days) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra (1981) 36' Text by Boris Vian (French) LP Melodiya 24593: USSR Ministry of Culture SO, Latvian SSR Academic Chorus, The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra,Vasili Sinaisky (conductor), Nelli Lee (soprano), Nina Terentieva (mezzo-soprano), Nikolai Dumtsev (tenor) CD Melodiya SUCD 10-00107: USSR Ministry of Culture SO, Latvian SSR Academic Chorus, The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Vasili Sinaisky (conductor), Nelli Lee (soprano), Nina Terentieva (mezzo-soprano), Nikolai Dumtsev (tenor) 1. The Street - 22.36 (1-7) 2. The Molitor Skating Rink 3. On the Way to Chloé 4. The Wedding 5. Colin et Chloé 6. The Medical Quarter 7. Alice's Death 8. Epilogue - 7.40 References Other Sources Kholopov, Yuri and Valeria Tsenova: Edison Denisov (Contemporary Music Studies), Harwood Academic Publishers, 1995, ; London: Routledge, 1997, Kholopov, Yuri, Edison Denisov, the Russian Voice in European New Music. Berlin: Kuhn, 2002 External links at Hans Sikorski page at IRCAM page The production page for the 2012 staging in Stuttgart Compositions by Edison Denisov French-language operas Operas Russian opera 1986 operas Opera world premieres at the Opéra-Comique Operas based on novels