"Narcissus" (1951)

Original id: 
12304
Start date: 
14 June 1951
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Composition for oboe. In Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, opus 49.
Media of production: 
Orchestral and incidental music
Companies:
Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script Author(s)
Metamorphoses Ovid
Dionysiaca Nonnus
Person Role Notes
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Composer
Venue Festival Dates Notes
The Meare at Thorpeness (Aldeburgh, County of Suffolk, England) 13 June, 1951
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2 Book library 701 Grove 1980, 3:306

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