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''The Bassarids'' (in German, ''Die Bassariden'') is an opera in one act and an intermezzo, with music by Hans Werner Henze to an English libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, after Euripides's ''The Bacchae''. The conflict in the opera is between human rationality and emotional control, represented by the King of Thebes, Pentheus, and unbridled human passion, represented by the god Dionysus. ==Background== A noteworthy feature of the opera is its construction like a classical symphony in four 'movements':〔Terry Apter, "''Tristan'' and ''The Bassarids''". Tempo, pp. 27, 28, 30 (1975).〕 * 'Movement I' = sonata form * 'Movement II' = scherzo and trio * 'Movement III' = adagio and fugue * 'Movement IV' = passacaglia Henze has noted that he quotes from Johann Sebastian Bach's ''St. Matthew Passion'' and the ''English Suite'' in D minor.〔"''The Bassarids'': Hans Werner Henze talks to Paul Griffiths". ''The Musical Times'', pp. 831–832 (1974).〕 Auden and Kallman wrote of changes that they made to the Euripides original for the purposes of this opera.〔W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, "Euripides for Today" (October 1974). ''The Musical Times'', 115 (1580): pp. 833–834.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bassarids」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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