Die Opferung des Gefangenen
Music by Egon Wellesz · premiered 1926
Die Opferung des Gefangenen (The Sacrifice of the Prisoner) is a 1926 opera-ballet by Egon Wellesz based on a scenario by Eduard Stucken after the Mayan play Rabinal Achi which relates through drama and dance the story of conflict between Quiché and Rabinal in the early fifteenth century. The premiere was 2 April 1926, Cologne under the baton of Eugen Szenkar.
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About the Composer
Egon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music.
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Other Operas by Egon Wellesz
- Die Prinzessin Girnara (1921)
- Die Bakchantinnen (1931)