''Die Bakchantinnen'' is a 1931 German-language opera by

Egon Wellesz Egon Joseph Wellesz CBE (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music. Early life and education in Vienna Egon Joseph Wellesz was ...

to libretto by the composer after

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars a ...

' play ''

The Bacchae ''The Bacchae'' (; grc-gre, Βάκχαι, ''Bakchai''; also known as ''The Bacchantes'' ) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. ...

''.Julia Meszaros, Johannes Zachhuber ''Sacrifice and Modern Thought'' 0199659281 2013 - Page 242 "More ambiguous is Egon Wellesz's opera Die Bakchantinnen (1931), for which he wrote the libretto. Wellesz outdoes Euripides by directly representing the death of Pentheus, and the massed, torch-bearing Maenads who advance on him may represent the gathering forces of National Socialism."

Recording

* Thomas Mohr, Michael Burt,

Harald Stamm Harald Stamm (born 29 April 1938) is a German opera singer (bass) and voice teacher. Life and career Born in Frankfurt, Stamm grew up in Bingen am Rhein. After the Abitur at the local Stefan-George-Gymnasium and subsequent sport studies, he wo ...

, Roberta Alexander & Claudia Barainsky. Berlin Deutsche Symphony Orchestra,

Gerd Albrecht Gerd Albrecht (19 July 1935 – 2 February 2014) was a German conductor. Biography Albrecht was born in Essen, the son of the musicologist Hans Albrecht (1902–1961). He studied music in Kiel and in Hamburg, where his teachers included Wilhel ...

Orfeo - Musica Rediviva

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1931 operas German-language operas Operas Operas based on works by Euripides Works based on The Bacchae Operas by Egon Wellesz {{German-opera-stub