Editing Penthesilea (section)

=== Heinrich von Kleist ===
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The treatment of Penthesilea that has received most critical attention since the early twentieth century is the drama ''[[Penthesilea (Kleist)|Penthesilea]]'' by [[Heinrich von Kleist]], who cast its "precipitously violent tempo"<ref>John C. Blankenagel, ''The Dramas of Heinrich von Kleist: A Biographical and Critical Study'' (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press) 1931, p 145.</ref> in the form of twenty-four consecutive scenes without formal breaks into [[Act (theater)|acts]]. In Kleist's ''Penthesilea,'' however, Achilles is slain by Penthesilea. When she realizes that she and her pack of dogs have mangled the object of their desire, she dies herself through "a crushing feeling".

The Swiss composer [[Othmar Schoeck]] wrote a 90' one-act opera, ''[[Penthesilea (opera)|Penthesilea]]'' (Dresden, 1927) based on Kleist's drama. The French composer [[Pascal Dusapin]]'s opera based on Kleist's work premiered in 2015 at La Monnaie in Brussels under the baton of [[Ludovic Morlot]].<ref>[http://memeteria.com/2013/11/15/stairway-to-heaven-a-major-seattle-symphony-premiere/ Thomas May, "Stairway to Heaven: A Major Seattle Symphony Premiere," November 15, 2013], accessed November 15, 2013</ref>

[[File:Pentesilea by Arturo Michelena.jpg|thumb|A 19th century interpretation of Penthesilea fighting, by [[Arturo Michelena]]]]