Penthesilea

from Othmar Schoeck


Libretto

Othmar Schoeck after Heinrich von Kleist

Premiere

8 January 1927, Dresden (Staatsoper)

Cast

PENTHESILEA (mezzo-soprano)
PROTHOE (soprano)
MEROE (soprano)
HIGH PRIESTESS OF DIANA (contralto)
ACHILLES (baritone)
DIOMEDES (tenor)

CHORUS
Amazones and Greeks

Place

Time

During the Trojan War

Composer

Schoeck, Othmar