Antigonae
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Antigonae, written by Carl Orff, was first presented on 9 August 1949 under the direction of Ferenc Fricsay in the Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, Austria, as part of the Salzburg Festival. Antigonae is i
The composer, aquatint etching
Antigone (Honegger)
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Antigone is an opera in three acts by Arthur Honegger to a French libretto by Jean Cocteau based on the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. Honegger composed the opera between 1924 and 1927. It premiered o
Antigonae
…his three operas on drama from Greek antiquity, especially Antigonae has been able to assert itself in the repertoire, since Arthur Honegger 's opera Antigone (Brussels, Théâtre de la Monnaie, 1927), despite its libretto by Jean Cocteau, has not been able to enter the standard operatic repertory. According…
Émile Colonne as Créon in the 1927 premiere