Original id:
12075
Start date:
14 June 1951
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Adaptation
Production notes:
Composition for solo oboe. Part of Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, opus 49.
Media of production:
Orchestral and incidental music
"Phaethon" (1951)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Theogony | Hesiod |
| Argonautica | Apollonius Rhodius |
| De rerum natura | Lucretius |
| Aeneid | Virgil |
| Metamorphoses | Ovid |
| 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 | 892 | Palmer 1984, p. 377 / Grove 1980, 3:307 |
How to cite this production
"Phaethon" (1951), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/12075 <24 November 2024>