Troades (opera)
Troades | |
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Opera by Aribert Reimann | |
![]() The composer in 2010 | |
Librettist | Gerd Albrecht and the composer |
Language | German |
Based on | The Trojan Women by Euripides, author of original text: Franz Werfel |
Premiere | 7 July 1986 National Theatre Munich, Opening of the Munich Opera Festival 1986 |
Troades is a 1986 German-language opera by Aribert Reimann based on Euripides' The Trojan Women.[1][2] A recording of the premiere featuring Helga Dernesch and Nicole Heesters, conducted by Gerd Albrecht was recorded and issued on LP and CD by EMI.[3] The opera was commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera, Munich.[2]
Roles[]
Source:[2]
- Hecabe (alto)
- Choir Leader (speaking role)
- Talthybios (baritone)
- Kassandra (mezzo-soprano)
- Andromache (soprano)
- Helena (soprano)
- Menelaus (tenor)
- Athena (speaking role)
- Poseidon (speaking role)
References[]
Categories:
- 1986 operas
- Operas by Aribert Reimann
- German-language operas
- Operas
- Operas based on works by Euripides
- German-language opera stubs