Leben des Orest
- Agamemnon, Greek king (Tenor)
- Clytemnestra, his wife (mezzo- soprano or Contralt )
- Elektra, her daughter
- Iphigenia, her daughter
- Orestes, her son (baritone )
- Aegisthus, a relative (Tenor)
- Anastasia, the royal nurse ( Contralt )
- Aegisthus 's servant
- Three way
- A lame accordion player
- Aristobulus, chief judge of Athens
- A Scheier
- Two street girls
- Four street singer
- Shepherd
- Little Girl
- Thoas, a king of the North ( bass)
- Tamar, his daughter (Soprano)
- People's Warrior, Guardian, Citizen, judges, artists and dancers choirs
Life of Orestes is a grand opera in 5 acts and 8 pictures by Ernst Krenek. Krenek wrote the libretto and composed the opera between August 8, 1928 to May 13, 1929. On January 19, 1930, the opera was first performed in Leipzig.
Action
Behind closed curtains sings a chorus of longing for a southern country. The curtain rises, and Anastasia reported on the lively palace forecourt of the impending war. Agamemnon exhorts the crowd in short sentences, leaving the tumult forcibly disperse. Aegisthus submit to the king, a proposal to sacrifice to the gods one of his descendants. The king should not bring it into connection before the Queen and the family. Clytemnestra has meanwhile Orestes and Anastasia fleeing to Phokisland. As you lead the people back to the forecourt, Agamemnon Orestes is fleeing known then makes itself popular unrest, which senses a betrayal, broad. People are just to calm by the king offers his daughter as a sacrifice. Iphigenia is prepared accordingly and brought before the king. When he strikes the blow, his daughter disappears in the smoke. The harbinger of a storm sweeps across the square, and the people scattered and sings a song of farewell to peace.
A Chorus recites before curtain closed, as Agamemnon was rewarded for his faith in God with a miracle. In this Thoas Observatory told his fate. Since he is a widower, he explores the science and feels now that the moon send an incarnation of the long-awaited land of the South. He hypnotized his daughter Tamar and so conjures a vision ( Iphigenia ). Thoas suspects his wife and asks the appearance to talk. Iphigenia asks about her father. Both look at each other disappointed. Due to further interlude recites the chorus as Orestes and Anastasia forces left on the way to Athens.