Niobe (1951)

Original id: 
12689
Start date: 
14 June 1951
End 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
Companies:
Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script Author(s)
Iliad Homer
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 705 Palmer 1984, p. 377 / Grove 1980, 3:307

How to cite this production

Niobe (1951), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/12689 <24 April 2024>