page_title: Daphne (opera)
section_title: Performance history
hierarchical_section_title: Daphne (opera) / Performance history
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Semperoper in Dresden bei Nacht English: The Semper Opera in Dresden at night
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: The first performance of the opera took place at the Semperoper in Dresden on 15 October 1938.  It was originally intended as a double bill with Strauss' Friedenstag, but as the scale of Daphne grew, that idea was abandoned. The conductor of the first performance was Karl Böhm, to whom the opera was dedicated.
  The United States premiere of the opera was performed on October 10, 1960 in a concert version at Town Hall in Manhattan with Gloria Davy in the title role, Florence Kopleff as Gaea, Robert Nagy as Leukippos,  Jon Crain as Apollo, Lawrence Davidson as Peneios, and The Little Orchestra Society under conductor Thomas Scherman.
caption: The Semperoper
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