Troades (opera)

{{Short description|Opera by Aribert Reimann}}

{{Infobox opera

| name = Troades

| composer = Aribert Reimann

| image = Aribert Reimann.jpg

| image_upright = 0.7

| caption = The composer in 2010

| librettist = Gerd Albrecht and the composer

| language = German

| based_on = {{based on|The Trojan Women|Euripides}}, author of original text: Franz Werfel

| premiere_date = {{Start date|1986|7|7|df=y}}

| premiere_location = National Theatre Munich, Opening of the Munich Opera Festival 1986

}}

Troades is a 1986 German-language opera by Aribert Reimann based on Euripides' The Trojan Women.{{cite book | last=Latham | first=Alison |chapter=Troades ('The Trojan Women') | title=The Oxford companion to music | publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=Oxford New York | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-19-957903-7 | oclc=59376677 | page=}}{{cite web | title=Troades | website=Schott Music | date=10 July 1986 | url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/troades-no155103.html | access-date=25 December 2021}} A recording of the premiere featuring Helga Dernesch and Nicole Heesters, conducted by Gerd Albrecht was recorded and issued on LP and CD by EMI.{{OCLC|220508915}} The opera was commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera, Munich.