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Klytaimnestra oder Der Fluch der Atriden [Clytemnestra or The Curse of the House of Atreus] (1999)

APGRD id
7920
Start date
1st June 1999
Production Media
Opera, Musical, and related genres
Languages
  • English
  • German
Associated ancient works
Companies
Landestheater Schwaben
APGRD Notes
The libretto for this rock opera is based mostly on Agamemnon and Choephoroe. An expanded version of the opera was released on two albums (The House of Atreus, Act I and Act II) by David Defeis’ rock band Virgin Steele in 1999.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/7920
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Walter Weyers Director
Walter Weyers Librettist
David Defeis Composer of the heavy metal band Virgin Steele
Martina Krawulsky Librettist
Joséphine Weyers Actor Klytaimnestra
Mollérus Set
Peter Höschler Actor Agamemnon
Silvia Danek Actor Kassandra
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Landestheater Schwaben (Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany) Germany
Title Year Format Content
Klytaimnestra oder Der Fluch der Atriden Colour photograph
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004 Inga-Stina Ewbank, Susanna Phillippo, Dmitry Trubotshkin, Margaret Reynolds, Yopie Prins, Amanda Wrigley, Lorna Hardwick, Michael Ewans, Massimo Fusillo, Pantelis Michelakis, Helene Foley, Pat E. Easterling AKA Patricia, Rush Rehm, Fiona Macintosh, Anton Bierl, Pierre Judet de la Combe, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin, J. Michael Walton Book