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Antigonae is in Orff's words a "musical setting" for the Greek tragedy of the same name by Sophocles. However, it functions as an opera. The opera is a line-by-line setting of the German translation of Sophocles' play by Friedrich Hölderlin. However, Orff did not treat Hölderlin's translation of the play as a traditional opera libretto, but ...
Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was born in Munich on 10 July 1895, the son of Paula Orff (née Köstler, 1872–1960) and Heinrich Orff (1869–1949). His family was Bavarian and was active in the Imperial German Army; his father was an army officer with strong musical interests, and his mother was a trained pianist.
Antigone, opera by Arthur Honegger, premiered on December 28, 1927, at Théâtre de la Monnaie in Bruxelles. Antigonae , opera by Carl Orff , a Literaturoper , which uses Friedrich Hölderlin's translation of Sophokles' drama (1805), premiered on August 8, 1949, at the Felsenreitschule in the context of Salzburg Festival .
Antigonae (Salzburg 1949), opera by Carl Orff (1895–1982) Antigone (1944), French adaptation of Sophocles's play by Jean Anouilh (1910–1987) performed during the Nazi occupation of Paris " Antigone-Legend ", for soprano and piano (text by Bertolt Brecht ), by Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021) and presented as a play in two slightly different ...
Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (Italian pronunciation: [nikkoˈlɔ anˈtɔːnjo ddziŋɡaˈrɛlli]; 4 April 1752 – 5 May 1837) was an Italian composer, chiefly of opera during the classical period. Life
Antigone is an opera (tragédie musicale) 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 on 28 December 1927 at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie with sets designed by Pablo Picasso and costumes by Coco Chanel. [1] [2]
Azio Corghi (9 March 1937 – 17 November 2022) was an Italian composer, academic teacher and musicologist.He composed mostly operas and chamber music. [1] His operas are often based on literature, especially in collaboration with José Saramago as librettist.
Antigonae, a 1949 opera by Carl Orff; Antigonai, an opera based on fragments by Sophocles and Hölderlin for three choirs and a women's trio by Carlos Stella; Antigone (disambiguation) Antigonea (disambiguation) Antigonia (disambiguation) Sinfonía de Antígona, the Symphony No. 1 by Carlos Chávez; All pages with titles containing Antigona