ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — Sergey Taneyev’s opera “Oresteia” is being given its first fully staged American production at this summer’s Bard SummerScape Festival in New York.

Bard College said Monday that Thaddeus Strassberger will direct the opera, which was composed from 1887-94 and is based on a trilogy by the ancient Greek writer of tragedies Aeschylus. There will be five performances from July 26 through Aug. 4.

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