The Bacchae has inspired a handful of operas, including at least three that are available on CD: Szymanowski's King Roger (1926) and Hans Werner Henze's The Bassarids (1966), each available from the Koch Schwann label; and Harry Partch's Revelation in the Courthouse Park (1961), available on the Tomato label. Other operatic versions include Egon Wellesz's Die Bakchantinnen (1931); Daniel Bortz's Backanterna (1991); and John Buller's Bakxai (1992).
Italian director and writer Giorgio Ferroni produced a filmed adaptation of Euripides's play in 1961 called Le Baccanti......
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