The opera begins in the early morning following a battle in Thebes between the armies of the two sons of Oedipus: Eteocles and Polynices.
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(*) At several points, the strings are struck with various items, including Wooden Drum sticks on the higher strings, Timpani sticks on the lower strings, and also a Plectrum.
He also appears on recordings of several rarely performed German operas such as Goetz's Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung, Lortzing's Die Beiden Schützen, Nicolai's Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor, and Orff's Der Mond, Die Kluge and Antigonae.