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)