Trionfo di Afrodite

Trionfo di Afrodite
Scenic cantata by Carl Orff
The composer, aquatint etching
Descriptionconcerto scenico
TranslationTriumph of Aphrodite
Language
  • Latin
  • Greek
Based onwedding poems by Catullus, Sappho and Euripides
Premiere
14 February 1953 (1953-02-14)
La Scala, Milan

Trionfo di Afrodite (Italian for Triumph of Aphrodite) is a cantata written in 1951 by the German composer Carl Orff. It is the third and final installment in the Trionfi musical triptych, which also includes Carmina Burana (1937) and Catulli Carmina (1943).

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