Category
page 1Operas based on works by Sophocles
Elektra
opera by Richard Strauss
Hercules
oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel
Ercole amante
opera by Francesco Cavalli
Déjanire
Déjanire is the title of two related French works by Camille Saint-Saëns: Musique de scène pour ‘Déjanire’ de Gallet (1898) and the four-act opera, or drame lyrique, Déjanire (1910, premiered 1911) for which Saint-Saëns himself fashioned the dramatic scheme and libretto using Gallet's tragedy as a basis. The vocal writing in the musique de scène is exclusively choral in the manner of Ancient Greek narration and commentary, while in the drame lyrique it focuses on solo parts as in most operas. The musique de scène was written to inaugurate an arena in Béziers; the drame lyrique, last of Saint-S
Mitridate Eupatore
opera by Alessandro Scarlatti
La naissance de la lyre
single act opera
Œdipe à Colone
opera by Antonio Sacchini