Die ägyptische Helena

from Richard Strauss


Die ägyptische Helena
Opera in two acts

Libretto

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Premiere

6 June 1928, Dresden (Staatsoper)

Cast

HELEN (soprano)
MENELAUS (tenor)
HERMIONE (soprano)
AITHRA (soprano)
ALTAIR (baritone)
DA-UD (tenor)
2 SERVANTS OF AITHRA (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
3 ELVES (2 soprano, 1 contralto)
COMNISCIENT SEA-SHELL (contralto)

CHORUS
elves, male and female warriors, slaves, eunuchs

Place

Time

Composer

Strauss, Richard