Original id:
8362
Start date:
6 June 1928
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Distant relative
Media of production:
Opera, musical and related genres
Languages:
German
Die aegyptische Helena (1928)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Helen | Euripides |
| Die aegyptische Helena | Hugo von Hofmannsthal |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fritz Busch | Conductor | |
| Otto Erhardt | Director | |
| Leonhardt Fanto | Set Designer | |
| Guglielmo Fazzini | Singer | Da-ud |
| Helene Jung | Singer | the Omniscient Shell |
| Annaliese Petrich | Singer | Hermione |
| Friedrich Plaschke | Singer | Altaïr |
| Maria Rajdi | Singer | Aithra |
| Elisabeth Rethberg | Singer | Helena |
| Richard Strauss | Composer | |
| Kurt Taucher | Singer | Menelaos |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoftheater, Semperoper (Dresden, Saxony, Germany) | 5 June, 1928 | world première of this opera |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaro Mousikis Athinon, Periodos Exormiseos 1992-1993: Kyklos Eleni | Book | library | 50 | |
| The New Penguin Opera Guide | Book | library | 898 | |
| Grove Music Online | Website | New Grove Opera: David Murray, 'Ägyptische Helena, Die' |
How to cite this production
Die aegyptische Helena (1928), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/8362 <9 November 2024>