Troades (opera)

Opera by Aribert Reimann

Troades

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 (1986-07-07)

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

1. ^ Latham, Alison (2002). "Troades ('The Trojan Women')". The Oxford companion to music. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-957903-7. OCLC 59376677.
2. ^ a b c "Troades". Schott Music. 10 July 1986. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
3. ^ OCLC 220508915

* v
* t
* e

Aribert Reimann

Operas|

* Ein Traumspiel (1965)
* Melusine (1971)
* Lear (1978)
* Die Gespenstersonate (1984)
* Troades (1986)
* Das Schloß (1992)
* Bernarda Albas Haus (2000)
* Medea (2010)
* L'Invisible (2017)

Category:Compositions by Aribert Reimann

* v
* t
* e

The Trojan Women by Euripides

Film|

* The Trojan Women (1971)

Operas|

* Troades (1986)

Literature|

* The Gate to Women's Country (1988)
* Women of Owu (2006)

Related|

* A Dream, What Else?

This article about a German-language opera is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template