Original id:
1961
Start date:
9 August 1949
Production notes:
This was the première of this work, which the New Grove Opera describes as a "tragedy in five acts".
Media of production:
Opera, musical and related genres
Languages:
German
Antigonae (1949)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Antigone | Sophocles AKA Sophokles |
| Antigone | Friedrich Hölderlin |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| F. Fricsay | Conductor | |
| Carl Orff (1895-1982) | Librettist | after Hölderlin's translation |
| Carl Orff (1895-1982) | Composer | |
| Oscar Fritz Schuh | Director |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salzburger Festspiele (Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria) | 8 August, 1949 | première |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inszenierung der Antike: das Griechische Drama auf der Bühne der Neuzeit | Book | library | 402-403; 193-195 | |
| Didactica Classica Gandensia Vol.34 (1994): De Klassieken in de Klas: Het Geval Antigone | Offprint | library | 151ff. | |
| The New Penguin Opera Guide | Book | library | 646 | |
| The Use of Greek Tragedy in the History of Opera | Print-out | archive | 87 | |
| Grove Music Online | Website | New Grove Opera: Erik Levi, 'Antigonae' |
How to cite this production
Antigonae (1949), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/1961 <8 November 2024>