Die ägyptische Helena (libretto)

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Die ägyptische Helena is an opera libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, written for Richard Strauss and based on the mythological figure Helen of Troy in an imaginative, symbolist reworking.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
opera libretto ⓘ
associatedWith interwar modernism ⓘ
author Hugo von Hofmannsthal ⓘ
basedOn Greek mythology ⓘ
Helen of Troy ⓘ
collaboratedWith Richard Strauss ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
createdForGenre opera ⓘ
genre mythological drama ⓘ
symbolist drama ⓘ
hasCharacter Aithra ⓘ
Altair ⓘ
Da-ud ⓘ
Helen of Troy ⓘ
Hermione ⓘ
Menelaus ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Die ägyptische Helena (opera) plot ⓘ
hasMythologicalSource Euripides’ Helen ⓘ
linked to: Euripides' Helen

Homeric tradition ⓘ
hasPart Act I ⓘ
Act II ⓘ
hasStyle mythopoetic ⓘ
poetic ⓘ
symbolist ⓘ
intendedPerformanceContext opera house ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal ⓘ
literaryForm verse ⓘ
literaryMovement Symbolism ⓘ
medium text ⓘ
narrativeFocus Helen of Troy ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Die ägyptische Helena ⓘ
partOf Die ägyptische Helena (opera) ⓘ
setting Egypt ⓘ
mythic past ⓘ
theme identity ⓘ
illusion and reality ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
title Die ägyptische Helena ⓘ
workPeriod 20th century ⓘ
writtenFor Richard Strauss ⓘ

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal → notableWork → Die ägyptische Helena (libretto) ⓘ
Die ägyptische Helena (libretto) → partOf → Die ägyptische Helena (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Die ägyptische Helena (libretto)
Lyrische Dramen → hasPart → Die ägyptische Helena (Libretto) ⓘ
linked to: Die ägyptische Helena (libretto)