Die Bassariden (The Bassarids) - Hans Werner Henze
Information about the opera Die Bassariden by Hans Werner Henze, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
A setting of Euripides's play The Bacchae.
Recommended recordings on CD
Dohnányi/Driscoll/Paskalis (Orfeo d'or C605032I)
A lively recording of the opera's première, unfortunately mono.
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi, 1966.
Cast: Loren Driscoll (Dionysus), Kostas Paskalis (Pentheus), Peter Lagger (Cadmus), Helmut Melchert (Tiresias).
Orfeo d'or C605032I (mono)