Dancing with Dionysus: the myth of Leucippus and "Daphne" by Richard Strauss and Joseph Gregor

  • Manuel Antonio Díaz Gito Universidad de Cádiz
Keywords: Daphne’s myth, Richard Strauss, Joseph Gregor, Parthenius of Nicaea, Ovid.

Abstract

First part of a two-section article that analyses the extensive reinterpretation of Daphne’s myth in the opera Daphne (1938) by composer Richard Strauss and librettist Joseph Gregor, who used the version of the myth by Parthenius of Nicaea better than that by Ovid. Itsultimate aim is to examine Strauss’ statement about his new opera’s meaning and if the authors managed to achieve their objective by means of manipulating the mythical storyline.

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Manuel Antonio Díaz Gito, Universidad de Cádiz
Profesor Titular de Universidad Miembro del Grupo de Investigación Elio Antonio de Nebrija Secretario del Departamento de Filología Clásica
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Published
2016-09-13
How to Cite
Díaz Gito M. A. (2016). Dancing with Dionysus: the myth of Leucippus and "Daphne" by Richard Strauss and Joseph Gregor. Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica, 8, 23-43. https://doi.org/10.5209/AMAL.51761
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