Songs of Athena, for dramatic soprano & orchestra (part 1)
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Songs of Athena is a work for dramatic soprano and orchestra comprising scenes from the opera "Iphigenia in Weimar".
Iphigenia, who was sacrificed to the gods to solicit support in the battle against Troy, reappears in ghostly form before her surviving brother, Orestes. He has come to Weimar in search of its Hellenic heart, which might free him of the fearsome Furies who pursue him. He is astonished and overjoyed to discover his long-lost sister here, and thrilled she can lead him, with the support of Athena, to penance for his shame. He must confront the face of the unknowable Other.