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Die Bakchantinnen

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The Bacchae
Words and music by EGON WELLESZ
First broadcast in this country, sung in German
The Asiatic Maenads, Pentheus' warriors, women of Thebes as Bacchae, people of Thebes
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF the AUSTRIAN RADIO
Chorus-Master, Gottfried Preinfalk Conducted by MILTIADES CARIDIS
Acr 1
Scene 1: At the grave of Semele, outside Thebes
Scene 2: In front of Cadmus's palace within the citadel

Contributors

Music By:
Egon Wellesz
Chorus-Master:
Gottfried Preinfalk
Conducted By:
Miltiades Caridis
Dionysus (baritone):
Paul Schöffler
TEIRESIAS the seer (bass):
Ludwig Welter
Cadmus, the old king of Thebes (bass):
Kurt Böhme
QUEEN AGAVE (dramatic soprano):
Christtl Golta
Daughters of Cadmus: INO (soprano):
Christiane Sorell
PANTHEA (mezzo-soprano):
Sonja Draksler
PENTHEUS, Agave's son (tenor):
Fritz Uhl
PENTHEUS' SERVANT (baritone):
Frana Fuchs
Source: Radio Times

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