Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer
Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer | |
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Opera by Hans Werner Henze | |
Librettist | Gaston Salvatore |
Language | German |
Premiere | May 17, 1971 Teatro Olimpico , Rome, and RAI radio broadcast |
Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer (The Tedious Way to the Place of Natascha Ungeheuer)[1] is a composition by the German composer Hans Werner Henze. It represents one of the most outré examples of his early socialism-inspired works.
Overview
Described as a "show for 17",
The work is an
The work was premièred and broadcast by
It was met with boos from the audience, which, Henze reflected, "was understandable [in] that our portrait of Berlin caused displeasure" amongst the very intellectuals it savaged.[8]
The work was recorded soon after for Deutsche Grammophon with the same forces.[9][10]
Structure
The work consists of the following segments and lasts about one hour:
References
- ^ ISMN 979-0-001-13331-9, Schott Music, London
- ^ a b Heinz Josef Herbort (1 October 1971). "Sirene einer falschen Utopie". Die Zeit (in German).
- ^ "Malerin Natascha Ungeheuer: 'Meine Bilder sind mein Gedächtnis' " by Lore Kleinert and Mechthild Müser, Deutschlandfunk, 17 October 2021 (in German)
- ^ Andrea Schurian [in German] (15 December 2015). "Chilenisch-italienischer Dichter Gaston Salvatore gestorben". Der Standard (in German). Vienna.
- ^ a b c d Reinhard Oehlschlägel [in German] (August–September 1971). "Die Verführungskunst der Natascha Ungeheuer". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). 20 (4).
- ^ "Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer:". Hans Werner Henze – Ein Führer zu den Bühnenwerken / A Guide to the Stage Works (in German and English). Schott Music. April 2011. pp. 38–39 – via issuu.
- ^ Quoted in Walsh, Stephen. Natascha Ungeheuer, liner notes for CD release, DG 1996
- ^ a b Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer at Discogs
- JSTOR 944274.
Further reading
- Flammer, Ernst Helmuth. "Form und Gehalt III: Eine Analyse von Hans Werner Henzes Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer." Melos/NZM, no. 4 (1978), pp. 486–495
- Henze, Hans Werner. "Art and the Revolution". Music and Politics. Translated by Peter Labanyi. New York: Cornell University Press, 1982. 178–183.
- Henze, Hans Werner. "Natascha Ungeheuer". Music and Politics. Translated by Peter Labanyi. New York: Cornell University Press, 1982. 184–193.
- ISBN 978-3-936655-48-3
External links
- "Hans Werner Henze: Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer (1971)" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.