title: Troades (opera)
text: # Troades (opera)
  
  Troades is a 1986 German-language opera by Aribert Reimann based on Euripides' The Trojan Women. 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. The opera was commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera, Munich.
  
  ## Roles
  
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  * Hecabe (alto)
  * Choir Leader (speaking role)
  * Talthybios (baritone)
  * Kassandra (mezzo-soprano)
  * Andromache (soprano)
  * Helena (soprano)
  * Menelaus (tenor)
  * Athena (speaking role)
  * Poseidon (speaking role)
  