Daphne

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T114580158 (ROYALOP02) Sung in German. Running time 1 hour 45 minutes. Concert Performance.Company Royal Opera. Conductor Christian Thielemann. Performer Alexandra von der Weth (Daphne). Performer Alfred Reiter (Peneios). Performer Jane Henschel (Gaea). Performer Roberto Sacca (Leukippos). Performer Johan Botha (Apollo). Performer James Rutherford (Shepherd). Performer Peter Auty (Shepherd). Performer Graeme Broadbent (Shepherd). Performer Darren Jeffery (Shepherd). Performer tba (1st Maid). Performer Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (2nd Maid).

11 May 02 to 15 May 02

Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L01482177008

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Opera or Operetta :: Rarely performed, largely because the libretto requires the heroine to be gradually transformed into a laurel tree, this one-act work is nevertheless one of the most spirited of Strauss's late operas. Better still, it contains some of his most ravishing writing, not least in the exhilarating tenor roles of the two men in love with Daphne.

Music

Richard Strauss