Inspired by the Metamorphoses
| Music, Dramatic and Dance Compositions Inspired by the Metamorphoses | |
| Besides Shakespeare's brilliant Metamorphoses-reworkings here are just a few others worth sampling, at least via web-abstract: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799), "Sinfonias on Ovid's Metamorphoses" (see also CM, student resources, bibliography Chap. 3) Lord Benjamin Britten (1913-76), Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (see also CM, student resources, bibliography Chap. 3) American Ballet Theater, Ovid's Metamorphoses, music by A. Schoenberg ("Sonata for Violin and Piano," Op.16), dance by H. Ross (1958) The English National Opera Studio (1999), The Orpheus Frequency, a medley *, devised by Carlos Wagner, arranged by Richard Chew (1999) Paul Sill's Community Theater, Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Love Lives of the Gods (Door County, WI, 1999) Mary Zimmerman, Metamorphoses: A Play (Broadway, 2002) * Peri, Monteverdi, Telemann, Pergolesi, Krenek, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams and Offenbach (see also CM, student resources, bibliography Chap. 16) |