Irische Legende

Irische Legende
Opera by Werner Egk
LibrettistEgk
LanguageGerman
Based onThe Countess Cathleen
by W. B. Yeats
Premiere
17 August 1955 (1955-08-17)

Irische Legende (Irish Legend) is a 1955 opera by Werner Egk who also wrote the libretto after the 1892/1899 verse drama The Countess Cathleen by W. B. Yeats. It premiered at the Salzburg Festival on 17 August 1955.