Film / 1964

Daphne

Name: Daphne
Genre: Music
Released: 1964-12-16
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Stefania Woytowicz, Fritz Wunderlich, James King, Gottlob Frick, Hertha Töpper

Directed by Rudolf Hartmann

Music

Daphne, Op. 82, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss, subtitled "Bucolic Tragedy in One Act". The German libretto was by Joseph Gregor. The opera is based loosely on the mythological figure Daphne from Ovid's Metamorphoses and includes elements taken from The Bacchae by Euripides.