The Bassarids
Opera seria with intermezzo in one act
Libretto
Wystan Hugh Auden und Chester Kallman
Premiere
6 August 1966, Salzburg (Grosses Festspielhaus)
Cast
PENTHEUS (baritone)
DIONYSUS (tenor)
CADMUS (bass)
TIRESIAS (tenor)
CAPTAIN (baritone)
AGAVE (mezzo-soprano)
AUTONE (soprano)
BEROE (mezzo-soprano)
VENUS (mezzo-soprano)
PROSERPINA (soprano)
KALLIOPE (tenor)
ADONIS (baritone)
CHORUS
Bacchantes, Theban citizens, guards, servants
Place
Time