Original id:
1494
Start date:
18 October 1990
End date:
27 October 1990
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Distant relative
Media of production:
Opera, musical and related genres
Languages:
English
The Bassarids (1990)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| W. H. Auden | Librettist | |
| Michael Burt | Actor | Cadmus |
| Jon Garrison | Actor | Tiresias |
| Vernon Hartman | Actor | Pentheus |
| Hans Werner Henze | Composer | |
| Chester Kallman | Librettist | |
| Kenneth Riegel | Singer | Dionysus / Voice / Stranger |
| Anja Silja | Actor | Agave |
| Christoph von Dohnányi | Conductor | |
| Christoph von Dohnányi | Director |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Hall (New York City, New York, United States) | 26 October, 1990 | the New York première | |
| Severance Hall (Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States) | 17 October, 1990 to 19 October, 1990 |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bassarids | Libretto | archive | ||
| It has singers galore, but it's a symphony | Newspaper cutting | archive | ||
| The Bassarids | Programme | archive |
How to cite this production
The Bassarids (1990), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/1494 <8 October 2024>