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Prometheus (opera)
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Prometheus is an operatic 'Szenisches Oratorium' (scenic oratorio) in five scenes by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny, with a German libretto by the composer after Aeschylus. The opera also uses Goethe's poem "Prometheus".[1]
Performance history
It was first performed on 12 September 1959 at the Staatstheater Kassel[2] and revived in concert three times in East Berlin between 1960 and 1984.[citation needed]
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Synopsis
Prometheus, chained to his rock by Zeus, prophesies that the saviour of mankind will appear after ten generations.
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