Phaedra (opera)
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Phaedra is a 'concert opera' in two acts by Hans Werner Henze. Its first performance was given at the Berlin State Opera on 6 September 2007. The work is a co-commission and co-production with the Ber
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Hippolytus of Athens
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Hippolytus in Greek mythology is the son of Theseus and an Amazon, either Hippolyta or Antiope. His downfall at the hands of Aphrodite is recounted by the playwright Euripides. Other versions of the s
Phaedra (opera)
…classical myth of Phaedra. The libretto is by Christian Lehnert and deals in an innovative way with the story of Phaedra, whose love for her stepson Hippolytus triggers catastrophe. The first part of the opera tells this legend much as previously retold by Euripides, Racine and Sarah Kane. The second part…
Detail of the Hippolytus volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), c. 340 BC – c. 320 BC, British Museum.
Hippolytus and Phaedra, antique fresco from Pompeii
The Death of Hippolytus, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1679–1731), Louvre
Diana returning to Aricia Hippolytus resuscitated by Aesculapius