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into increasingly frenetic celebration of the god
Dionysus. Because Pentheus is unaware of his own irrational, "Dionysiac" impulses, or tries to suppress them, Dionysus can entrance Pentheus and intrude upon his nature to the point that Pentheus disguises himself as a woman, and goes to Mount Cytheron, where the revelry is occurring. In the course of events, the spell over the citizens extends to Agave, Pentheus' mother, and Autonoe, Pentheus' sister. Pentheus is killed and torn to pieces, and his city brought to ruin. Without realising it, Agave cradles the severed head of her son in her arms. The Stranger is revealed to be Dionysus himself.
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At the start of the opera, Cadmus, King of Thebes, has abdicated his throne in favour of his grandson
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an
Operatic Masterpiece, or 'Strauss Turned Sour'?"
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1116:Seth Colter Walls (17 August 2018).
507:A female slave in Agave's household
217:Henze has noted that he quotes from
2652:Operas based on classical mythology
1182:. L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia
921:, Salzburg Festival, Arthaus Musik.
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2144:The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
859:, Peter Lagger, Helmut Melchert,
320:Roles, voice types, premiere cast
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304:Auditorio nacional de musica
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457:Captain of the Royal Guard
388:founder and former king of
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1170:Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).
204:Movement III = adagio and
16:Opera by Hans Werner Henze
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1507:Forewords and Afterwords
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911:Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
412:his daughter, mother of
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2627:English-language operas
2517:The Passion of Dionysus
1069:, Dark Tale of Revenge"
279:in Milan, conducted by
101:6 August 1966
2196:Heliogabalus imperator
1924:Elegy for Young Lovers
1724:Elegy for Young Lovers
1631:The Shield of Achilles
1603:In Praise of Limestone
1589:The Sea and the Mirror
1369:The Shield of Achilles
1196:Helm, Everett (1967).
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849:Christoph von Dohnányi
338:Christoph von Dohnányi
262:English National Opera
247:Christoph von Dohnányi
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1916:Der Prinz von Homburg
1777:George Augustus Auden
1455:Christopher Isherwood
1216:10.1093/mq/LIII.3.408
1203:The Musical Quarterly
973:, pp. 831–832 (1974).
219:Johann Sebastian Bach
2173:Fantasia for Strings
1972:We Come to the River
1877:List of compositions
1740:Love's Labour's Lost
1547:Musée des Beaux Arts
1438:Letters from Iceland
1236:David E. Anderson, "
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992:(1580): pp. 833–834.
371:an old blind prophet
43:The composer in 1960
2543:Alcmaeon in Corinth
2463:The Lightning Child
2455:A Mouthful of Birds
2180:Das FloĂź der Medusa
1783:John Bicknell Auden
1716:The Rake's Progress
1575:Hymn to St. Cecilia
1568:The Unknown Citizen
1409:Epistle to a Godson
1245:The Opera Quarterly
1198:"Current Chronicle"
1063:(30 October 1990).
1040:" (December 1974).
881:Vienna Philharmonic
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300:Vienna Philharmonic
237:Performance history
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2252:Sebastian im Traum
2236:Royal Winter Music
2220:Royal Winter Music
1988:Das verratene Meer
1892:Boulevard Solitude
1657:The Dance of Death
1649:Paid on Both Sides
1596:The Age of Anxiety
1582:For the Time Being
1475:The Enchafèd Flood
1393:City Without Walls
1353:The Age of Anxiety
1345:For the Time Being
1151:" (October 1966).
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1074:The New York Times
1015:on 29 October 2010
1003:"Out of the Ashes"
877:Vienna State Opera
869:Ingeborg Hallstein
501:Ingeborg Hallstein
493:daughter of Cadmus
350:voice and stranger
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1610:The Platonic Blow
1561:September 1, 1939
1401:Academic Graffiti
1252:, 186–188 (1993).
1154:The Musical Times
1043:The Musical Times
985:The Musical Times
971:The Musical Times
915:Vera-Lotte Böcker
735:suspended cymbals
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308:Salzburg Festival
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1996:Venus und Adonis
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2420:The Bacchae
2337:The Bacchae
2275:Moment form
2154:Other works
2122:Film scores
1956:El CimarrĂłn
1797:(companion)
1708:Paul Bunyan
1526:The Orators
1465:Prose works
1313:The Orators
1290:W. H. Auden
1019:7 September
887:Kent Nagano
873:Vera Little
731:wood blocks
451:Vera Little
336:Conductor:
296:Kent Nagano
288: [
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193:sonata form
161:The Bacchae
148:W. H. Auden
85:The Bacchae
66:W. H. Auden
2616:Categories
2350:Characters
2050:Symphonies
1789:John Auden
1759:Night Mail
1221:26 October
926:References
817:Recordings
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715:vibraphone
675:snare drum
665:, pair of
647:Percussion
570:alto flute
528:Chorus of
472:Pentheus,
330:Voice type
258:Bodo Igesz
175:Background
136:intermezzo
105:1966-08-06
59:Librettist
2342:Euripides
2199:(1972/86)
1785:(brother)
1149:Bassarids
1133:19 August
1101:19 August
1067:Bassarids
1065:"Henze's
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795:bass drum
768:cow bells
764:mandolins
711:xylophone
687:bass drum
659:cow bells
638:trombones
586:clarinets
530:bassarids
478:baritone
446:contralto
298:with the
185:movements
183:in four '
156:Euripides
91:Euripides
29:Opera by
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2362:Tiresias
2357:Dionysus
2344:(405 BC)
2296:Category
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1828:Category
1779:(father)
1700:Libretti
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774:Prologue
760:trumpets
679:tom-toms
663:triangle
661:, small
630:trumpets
610:bassoons
558:Woodwind
540:Synopsis
497:soprano
461:baritone
414:Pentheus
367:Tiresias
346:Dionysus
243:Salzburg
227:and the
201:and trio
181:symphony
169:Pentheus
154:, after
144:libretto
112:Salzburg
97:Premiere
80:Based on
2572:(novel)
2564:(opera)
2553:Related
2528:Trilogy
2471:Bacchae
2382:Autonoe
2263:Related
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2057:No. 1 (
2020:Gisela!
2012:Phaedra
1805:Related
1080:22 July
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751:strings
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2520:(2023)
2501:(1966)
2493:(1931)
2482:Operas
2474:(2015)
2466:(2013)
2458:(1986)
2450:(1974)
2442:(1968)
2423:(2002)
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2106:No. 10
2042:(1957)
2039:Ondine
2031:Ballet
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1884:Operas
1770:Family
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1372:(1955)
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1316:(1932)
1308:(1930)
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683:bongos
600:(also
562:flutes
439:Semele
390:Thebes
384:Cadmus
375:tenor
2606:Opera
2509:Music
2431:Plays
2396:Films
2372:Agave
2101:No. 9
2096:No. 8
2091:No. 7
2086:No. 6
2081:No. 5
2076:No. 4
2071:No. 3
2066:No. 2
1641:Plays
1540:Spain
1361:Nones
1305:Poems
949:Tempo
791:legno
783:tenor
743:harps
642:tubas
636:), 3
626:horns
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608:), 4
578:oboes
576:), 2
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355:tenor
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314:Roles
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206:fugue
2577:Talk
1250:9(3)
1223:2007
1208:LIII
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1008:Time
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