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Orestes: A Dramatic Opera (1731)

Orestes: A Dramatic Opera (1731)

Theobald, Lewis

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ISBN10: 1104303957
ISBN13: 9781104303952
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Apr 13 2009
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Orestes: A Dramatic Opera is a play written by Lewis Theobald and was first published in 1731. The play is based on the Greek myth of Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who seeks revenge for his father's murder. Theobald's version of the story follows Orestes as he returns to Mycenae to avenge his father's death and is torn between his duty to his family and his love for Hermione, the daughter of Helen of Troy. The play is written in five acts and features a mix of spoken dialogue and musical interludes. The music was composed by Johann Christoph Pepusch, a contemporary of Theobald's. Orestes: A Dramatic Opera is considered a significant work in the history of English opera and was one of the first operas to be written entirely in English.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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