Perséphone

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Fritz Wunderlich & Doris Schade & Dean Dixon & hr‐Sinfonieorchester

Perséphone is a melodrama by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, first performed in 1934. The work blends neoclassical orchestration with spoken narration and vocal soloists, drawing on mythological themes and marking a phase in Stravinsky's output where he explored theatrical, neoclassical forms and dramatic writing.