Die Gespenstersonate
Die Gespenstersonate | |
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Opera by Aribert Reimann | |
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Language | German |
Based on | The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg |
Premiere |
Die Gespenstersonate is a 1984 German-language opera by Aribert Reimann to a libretto by the composer and Uwe Schendel after August Strindberg's play The Ghost Sonata.[1][2] Strindberg's play also inspired another opera, Die Gespenstersonate by Julius Weismann (1930).
Premiere
World premiere by the
Hebbel Theater in Berlin with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and Ensemble Modern
featured:
- Der Alte – Hans Günther Nöcker
- Die Mumie – Martha Mödl
- Der Oberst – Horst Hiestermann
- Der Student Arkenholz – David Knutson
- Das Fräulein – Gudrun Sieber
- Johansson – Donald Grobe
- Bengtsson – William Dooley
- Die Dunkle Dame – Barbara Scherler
- Die Köchin – Kaja Borris
A video of the premiere was released on DVD by
Arthaus
References
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Music 0199578540 2013
- Newspapers.com.