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1967 opera by Felix Werder
Agamemnon is an opera in one act by composer Felix Werder. Werder used his own libretto for the work which is based on Gilbert Murray's English language
Agamemnon_(opera)
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by the Violent Femmes in their album New Times Agamemnon (opera), an opera by Felix Werder SS Agamemnon, an early long-distance merchant steamship with
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1909 opera by Richard Strauss
singing the title role and Artur Bodanzky conducting. Before the opera begins, Agamemnon sacrifices Iphigenia by deceit and leaves for the Trojan War. Upon
Elektra_(opera)
Trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus
been lost. Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων, Agamémnōn) is the first of the three plays within the Oresteia trilogy. It details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of
Oresteia
Figure from Greek mythology
[klytai̯mnɛ̌ːstraː]) was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. With Agamemnon, she was the mother of Iphigeneia,
Clytemnestra
Figure from Greek mythology
[iːpʰiɡéneː.a]) was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Mycenae. In the story, Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis on
Iphigenia
Greek mythological figure
Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Agamemnon the
Iphianassa (daughter of Agamemnon)
Iphianassa_(daughter_of_Agamemnon)
Figure in Greek mythology
Clytemnestra. He appears in Seneca's Agamemnon, enticing her to murder. In Richard Strauss's and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's opera, Elektra his voice is "a decidedly
Aegisthus
Greek mythological character
as a status symbol is at the heart of the dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon that initiates the plot of Homer's epic. She was married to Mynes, a son
Briseis
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Throughout the opera, Agamemnon struggles with the terrible choice between sparing his daughter's life and ensuring his subjects' welfare. Agamemnon summons
Iphigénie_en_Aulide
Opera by Sergei Taneyev
antiquity. Harlow Robinson has noted that the opera avoids dramatic treatment of the murders of Agamemnon, Cassandra, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, depicting
Oresteia_(opera)
Figure in Greek mythology
Orestis (/ɒˈrɛstiːz/; Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης [oréstɛːs]) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia. He was also
Orestes
Figure from Greek mythology
romanized: Ēléktrā [ɛːléktraː]), is a princess of Mycenae and the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Famously, Electra and her brother, Orestes, attack and
Electra
Greek mythological hero
withdrawal from battle after being dishonoured by Agamemnon, the commander of the Achaean forces. Agamemnon has taken a woman named Chryseis as his slave
Achilles
American composer (1940–1990)
Northwestern University Concert) 1993 - Gagné, Nicole V. and David Avidor. Agamemnon (opera with Julius Eastman in title role) 1990 - Peter Gordon. Leningrad Xpress
Julius_Eastman
that Paris has kidnapped Helen. He asks his brother Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, for help. Agamemnon gathers all the Greek kings and heroes in the temple
Troy_(opera)
Last extant work of Greek playwright Euripides
the strong resistance by Clytemnestra to the decision of her husband, Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek coalition before and during the Trojan War, to
Iphigenia_in_Aulis
2011 novel by Madeline Miller
the Achaean forces, tensions escalate between Achilles and Agamemnon: first when Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia in order to appease Artemis
The_Song_of_Achilles
Ancient-Greek tragedy by Sophocles
believes the murder was justified since Agamemnon had sacrificed their daughter. Electra, a younger daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, rescued her younger
Electra_(Sophocles_play)
Opera by Ernst Krenek
successful revival was the Portland Opera's 1975 Life of Orestes in the composer's English translation.[citation needed] Agamemnon, a king in Greece (tenor) Klytæmnestra
Leben_des_Orest
Epic poem attributed to Homer
Achilles, a celebrated warrior, from a fierce quarrel between him and King Agamemnon, to the death of the Trojan prince Hector.[page needed][page needed] The
Iliad
Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Pascal Collasse
is certain that, with Achille's help, the Greeks under Agamemnon will be victorious. Agamemnon remains uncertain and, seeing the advancing Achille, decides
Achille_et_Polyxène
Opera by Darius Milhaud
his collaborator Paul Claudel. Milhaud set a scene of the first play, Agamemnon, for soprano and chorus in 1913. The second part, Les Choéphores (The
L'Orestie_d'Eschyle
Legendary Greek king of Ithaca
Priam describes him as "shorter in truth by a head than Atreus' son Agamemnon, / but broader, it would seem, in the chest and across the shoulders /
Odysseus
Greek mythological figure
the Iliad, he often gives advice to the younger warriors and advises Agamemnon and Achilles to reconcile. He is too old to engage in combat himself,
Nestor_(mythology)
Opera by Toussaint Bertin de la Doué and François Bouvard
an opera by the French composers Toussaint Bertin de la Doué and François Bouvard, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on
Cassandre_(opera)
is a one-act opera Il furore di Oreste by Flavio Testi (from The Libation Bearers) and "Prologue", by Harrison Birtwistle (from Agamemnon), for tenor and
The Oresteia in the arts and popular culture
The_Oresteia_in_the_arts_and_popular_culture
1864 opéra-bouffe in three acts
(outrageously silly wordgames) with the Greek kings under the direction of Agamemnon, whereupon he reveals his identity. Helen, who was trying to settle after
La_belle_Hélène
King of Olympia and brother of Atreus in Greek mythology
Agamemnon and Menelaus as wives, Clytemnestra and Helen respectively. When Agamemnon left Mycenae for the Trojan War, Aegisthus seduced Agamemnon's wife
Thyestes
Greek mythological figures
and Tisiphone. During the Trojan War, Pisander and Hippolochus asked Agamemnon for mercy and to be taken prisoner alive, saying that their rich father
Peisander_(mythology)
Mythical friend of Orestes
Atreus and sister of Agamemnon and Menelaus. He is mostly known for his relationship with his cousin Orestes, son of Agamemnon. Pylades was the son of
Pylades
Nereid of Greek mythology
Calchas, a priest of Agamemnon, prophesied the need for the great soldier within their ranks. Odysseus was subsequently sent by Agamemnon to try to find Achilles
Thetis
Jazz opera composed by Wayne Shorter
appease the goddess Artemis to send favourable winds to allow her father Agamemnon's fleet to sail to Troy in the Trojan War. In Spalding's telling, Iphigenia
Iphigenia_(opera)
Princess from Greek mythology
Atreus or Pleisthenes (or both). By most accounts, she is the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus. While the wife of Atreus, she became the lover of his brother
Aerope
Epic poem attributed to Homer
his narrative. Following Agamemnon's homecoming, his wife Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus, kill Agamemnon. Agamemnon's son, Orestes kills Aegisthus
Odyssey
Opera by Marvin David Levy
Mourning Becomes Electra is an opera in 3 acts by composer Marvin David Levy. The work uses an English language libretto by Henry W. Butler after the
Mourning Becomes Electra (opera)
Mourning_Becomes_Electra_(opera)
Name of multiple figures in Greek mythology
married (and killed) Asterides, son of Aegyptus. Chrysothemis, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Unlike her sister, Electra, Chrysothemis did not protest
Chrysothemis
Greek mythological characters
of Chryseis. Chryses, grandson of the precedent through Chryseis and Agamemnon. After his mother was released shortly as a prisoner and allowed to return
Chryses_(mythology)
the 50 sons of King Priam by an unidentified woman. He was killed by Agamemnon. Little is known of Isus other than brief mentions or relatives. He was
Isus_(mythology)
Trojan hero in Greek mythology
kills Patroclus, Achilles—who had refused to fight because of a slight by Agamemnon—reenters the war to avenge his companion, and the Trojans are beaten back
Hector
Opera by Ildebrando Pizzetti
Clitennestra, an opera in a prelude and two acts, was the last work by Ildebrando Pizzetti. The libretto is in Italian. The opera play is based on ancient
Clitennestra
1999 studio album by Virgin Steele
Steele. It has the subtitle A Barbaric-Romantic Opera. This album is the first part of a metal opera inspired by the Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies
The_House_of_Atreus_Act_I
Greek opera by Iannis Xenakis
the death of Agamemnon at the hands of his wife and her lover, Aegisthus. The chorus proceeds to sing a song mourning his death. Agamemnon's son, Orestes
Oresteia_(Xenakis)
This is a list of individual opera composers and their major works. The list includes composers' principal operas and those of historical importance in
List_of_operas_by_composer
Broadway theater and former nightclub
Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Opened as the Gallo Opera House in 1927, it served as a CBS broadcast studio in the mid-20th century
Studio_54
French opera singer
trovatore), Masetto (Don Giovanni), Angelotti (Tosca), Colline (La Bohème) and Agamemnon (Iphigénie en Aulide) among others. In 2014 he appeared together with
Nicolas_Testé
Son of Molus of Crete in Greek mythology
those who volunteered to fight Hector in single combat. The others were Agamemnon, Diomedes, Telamonian Ajax, Ajax the Lesser, Idomeneus, Eurypylus (son
Meriones_(mythology)
Opera by Georg Friedrich Händel
Ambassadors are sent to Skyros to retrieve him. The ambassadors from Agamemnon arrive on Skyros: Ulysses, disguised under the name of Antilochus, Phoenix
Deidamia_(opera)
Princess of Troy in Greek mythology
" Polyxena is considered the Trojan version of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She is not in Homer's Iliad, appearing in works by later
Polyxena
Greek mythological figure; son of Achilles
way to Troy, Philoctetes had been bitten by a snake on Chryse Island). Agamemnon had advised that he be left behind because the wound was festering and
Neoptolemus
Tragedy by Jean Racine
for their journey and demand the sacrifice of Iphigénie, daughter of Agamemnon, King of the Greeks. As in the original version of the play by Euripides
Iphigénie
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the free dictionary. Electra, also spelt Elektra, was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology. Electra or Elektra may also refer
Electra_(disambiguation)
2018 novel by Pat Barker
covering the dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon over Chryseis, which results in Achilles yielding Briseis to Agamemnon, Achilles's subsequent refusal to join
The_Silence_of_the_Girls
English actor (1941–2014)
(1968) and The House of Atreus (1968), which comprised three classics: Agamemnon, Choephori, and Eumenides. In 1999 and 2000, he played the role of Malvolio
Charles_Keating_(actor)
Most beautiful woman in Greek mythology
to warn Agamemnon that sacrificing Iphigenia for Helen's sake is, "buying what we most detest with what we hold most dear". However, Agamemnon went through
Helen_of_Troy
1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
the family of Agamemnon in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Iphigénie en Tauride was first performed on 18 May 1779 by the Paris Opéra at the second Salle
Iphigénie_en_Tauride
northwestern Turkey, depicts the Trojan war, showing the Greek heroes Agamemnon and Achilles. the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer other poems in the Epic Cycle
Trojan War in literature and the arts
Trojan_War_in_literature_and_the_arts
Herald and friend to Agamemnon during Trojan War
Talthybius (Ancient Greek: Ταλθύβιος) was herald and friend to Agamemnon in the Trojan War. Talthybius is a Greek soldier who serves as both a messenger
Talthybius
Laodice, daughter of King Priam and a princess of Troy Laodice, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, sometimes conflated with Electra. Laodice, daughter
Laodice_(mythology)
Set of mythological Greek characters
Strophius, son of Crisus, was a King of Phocis, husband of the sister of Agamemnon (whose name was either Anaxibia, Astyocheia or Cydragora) and, by her
Strophius
Play written by Eugene O'Neill
characters parallel characters from the ancient Greek plays. For example, Agamemnon from the Oresteia becomes General Ezra Mannon. Clytemnestra becomes Christine
Mourning_Becomes_Electra
Italian television miniseries
she now had one more reason to slaughter Agamemnon: his betrayal of her with the Trojan prophetess. Agamemnon warns the hero when he returns to Ithaca:
The_Odyssey_(1968_miniseries)
1931 opera by Herbert Windt
Andromache is an opera in two acts with words and music by Herbert Windt. The opera is based on the play Andromache by Euripides, as well as Racine's Andromache
Andromache_(opera)
Film of a Metropolitan Opera staging of Mozart's opera ''Idomeneo''
181-minute television film of the Metropolitan Opera's first staging of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1781 opera Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante
Idomeneo_(film)
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Iphigenia narrowly avoided death by sacrifice at the hands of her father, Agamemnon. (See plot of Iphigenia at Aulis.) At the last moment the goddess Artemis
Iphigenia_in_Tauris
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
herself by her own children. She sings a wedding song for herself and Agamemnon that describes their bloody deaths, and is taken away. Andromache arrives
The_Trojan_Women
1781 opera by W. A. Mozart
usually referred to simply as Idomeneo, K. 366) is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista
Idomeneo
Ancient Greek poet
works of separate authors. The Iliad centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The Odyssey
Homer
Island home of Calypso in Homer's Odyssey
location of Atlantis in Timaeus 24E – 25A. Kepler in his Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia estimated that “the great continent” was America and attempted to
Ogygia
Fictional people in Homer's Odyssey
Peisistratus Menelaus of Sparta Helen Princess Nausicaa of Phaeacia Laodamas Agamemnon of Mycenae Idomeneus Mentes Thrasymedes Gods Aeolus Athena Calypso Circe
Lotus-eaters
Ancient Greek mythological location
Publii Virgilii Maronis (1854). Cooper, J.G. (ed.). Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera; or: The Works of Virgil. New York: Sheldon and Company (published 1868)
Aeaea
Greek mythical figure
was buried, insulting Menelaus and Agamemnon when they tried to stop the burial. Finally, Odysseus persuaded Agamemnon to let the burial happen. Because
Teucer
Personification of strength in Greek mythology
Zeus to aid her brother Orestes in avenging the murder of their father Agamemnon. Kratos and Bia appear in a late fifth-century BC red-figure Attic skyphos
Kratos_(mythology)
Titles of the Greek god Zeus
there. Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων), was worshipped at Sparta. Eustathius believes that the epithet is because of the resemblance between Zeus and Agamemnon, while
Epithets_of_Zeus
2018 novel by Madeline Miller
Peisistratus Menelaus of Sparta Helen Princess Nausicaa of Phaeacia Laodamas Agamemnon of Mycenae Idomeneus Mentes Thrasymedes Gods Aeolus Athena Calypso Circe
Circe_(novel)
Event from Greek mythology
Agamemnon, sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis to assure good sailing weather to travel to Troy and fight in the Trojan War. In Agamemnon, the
Orestes_Pursued_by_the_Furies
Scottish composer (1922–2000)
Edinburgh Festival audience". In the 1960s Hamilton composed two operas, Agamemnon and The Royal Hunt of the Sun, using texts he adapted from literary
Iain_Hamilton_(composer)
In Greek mythology, cattle owned by the sun god
Peisistratus Menelaus of Sparta Helen Princess Nausicaa of Phaeacia Laodamas Agamemnon of Mycenae Idomeneus Mentes Thrasymedes Gods Aeolus Athena Calypso Circe
Cattle_of_Helios
together with his brother Epistrophus. They were children of Mecisteus. Agamemnon thrust Odius from his chariot and killed him with a spear which was fixed
Odius_(mythology)
Region in Greek mythology
Peisistratus Menelaus of Sparta Helen Princess Nausicaa of Phaeacia Laodamas Agamemnon of Mycenae Idomeneus Mentes Thrasymedes Gods Aeolus Athena Calypso Circe
Scheria
Trojan prince, second husband of Helen of Troy
Judgement of Paris and its aftermath are the subject of Michael Tippett's 1962 opera King Priam. The story was also made into a 2003 musical, Paris, written
Paris_(mythology)
British writer
the 2008 season (dir. Guy Retallack) and toured the UK. In New York, Agamemnon Home (dir. Amy Wagner) received its world premiere in April 2012. Several
Glyn_Maxwell
Ancient Greek royal figure
by her grandsons, and Demophon, one of them, asked Agamemnon to procure her liberation. Agamemnon accordingly sent a messenger to Helen to request her
Aethra_(mother_of_Theseus)
Set of mythological Greek characters
the same as the Adrastus who was captured by Menelaus, and killed by Agamemnon (see below). Adrastus, a warrior at Troy captured by Menelaus, to whom
Adrastus_(mythology)
Opera composer (1714–1787)
long da capo aria. His later operas have half the length of a typical baroque opera. The strong influence of French opera encouraged Gluck to move to Paris
Christoph_Willibald_Gluck
Australian composer (1922–2012)
from Europe in the 1930s. Kisses for a Quid (1961) The General (1966) Agamemnon (1967) The Affair (1969) Private (1969) The Vicious Square (1971) The
Felix_Werder
Genre of drama based on human suffering
resonance. A prime example of the use of the ekkyklêma is after the murder of Agamemnon in the first play of Aeschylus' Oresteia, when the king's butchered body
Tragedy
Mythological king of Troy
ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318
Priam
It was an adaptation of the first two parts of Aeschylus' Oresteia (Agamemnon and Libation Bearers). The text was printed in de Lisle's collection Poèmes
Les_Érinnyes
Opera by Ildebrando Pizzetti
Ifigenia is a tragic opera in one act by Ildebrando Pizzetti, who also wrote the libretto with Alberto Perrini [it]. The libretto is in Italian language
Ifigenia_(Pizzetti)
Figures in Greek mythology
birth mother. Elatus, an ally of the Trojans from Pedasus, killed by Agamemnon. Elatus, one of the suitors of Penelope from Same along with other 22
Elatus
This is a list of characters who appear in Bushiroad's Tantei Opera Milky Holmes franchise. The series, which takes place in the Great Detective Era where
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Multiple Greek mythological figures
Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1479, 1508 & The Persians 343; Euripides, Phoenician Women 1550; Sophocles
Alastor
Jovian deity
Faunus(Pan). Eurymedon, not a servant but a squire to and charioteer of Agamemnon. He was the son of Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), son of Peiraeus. Pausanias mentioned
Eurymedon_(mythology)
Figure in Greek mythology
Palamedes fought with and killed Haimos, a son of Ares. In the Iliad, Agamemnon insults Sthenelus and Diomedes by comparing them to their fathers. While
Sthenelus_(son_of_Capaneus)
Eclectic architectural and decorative arts style of the Second French Empire
or the Inconveniences of a Vendetta Infinitely Prolonged Too Long and Agamemnon, or the Camel with Two Humps. The early works were limited to two performers
Second_Empire_style
the name of several figures, the most famous being Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Other figures named Orestes include: Orestes, one of
Orestes_(mythology)
English actor (b. 1992)
shows including Wind in the Willows, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Agamemnon. Reid then underwent a three-year BA (Hons) Acting degree at The Arts
Harry_Reid_(actor)
Opera by Ernst Krenek
at Vassar on 13 May 1941. If the title character in Der Diktator and Agamemnon in Leben des Orest were inspired by Benito Mussolini, Tarquin's title
Tarquin_(opera)
the son of Apollo), Laodice, Polyxena, Cassandra and Creusa. In Mozart's opera Idomeneo, Ilia is mentioned as another daughter of Priam. Italian writer
List_of_children_of_Priam
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