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Based on Euripides’ The Bacchae, the opera depicts the punishment of Pentheus by the maenads, followers of Dionysus. Wellesz described Dionysus’s ability to gather and drive the people to madness as a warning against political seduction by Hitler and his followers.
Opera-ballet based on Eduard Stucken’s scenario after the Mayan drama Rabinal Achi, concerning conflict between the Quiché and Rabinal in the early fifteenth century. The source gives no opera-specific plot summary.
Two-act mystery opera structured as parallel scenes: a world play and a legend, based on an Indian legend. The roles include Buddha, Princess Girnara, Prince Siho, and demons; no further plot is supplied.
Based on Euripides’ The Bacchae, the opera depicts the punishment of Pentheus by the maenads, followers of Dionysus. Wellesz described Dionysus’s ability to gather and drive the people to madness as a warning against political seduction by Hitler and his followers.
Opera-ballet based on Eduard Stucken’s scenario after the Mayan drama Rabinal Achi, concerning conflict between the Quiché and Rabinal in the early fifteenth century. The source gives no opera-specific plot summary.
Two-act mystery opera structured as parallel scenes: a world play and a legend, based on an Indian legend. The roles include Buddha, Princess Girnara, Prince Siho, and demons; no further plot is supplied.