Prometheus is an operatic 'Szenisches Oratorium' (scenic oratorio) in five scenes by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny, with a German libretto by the composer after Aeschylus.
The opera also uses Goethe's poem "Prometheus".
[1] It was first performed on 12 September 1959 at the Staatstheater Kassel[2] and revived in concert three times in East Berlin between 1960 and 1984.
[citation needed] Prometheus, chained to his rock by Zeus, prophesies that the saviour of mankind will appear after ten generations.