Die Hamletmaschine (opera)
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Die Hamletmaschine is an opera composed by
Background
Müller's play, on which the opera is based, paraphrases Shakespeare's
Performance history
Die Hamletmaschine premiered on 30 March 1987 at the
A live recording of the opera's premiere was released on CD in 1995 (Wergo #6195)[4][5]
Roles
- Hamlet I (male actor)[6]
- Hamlet II (male actor)[6]
- Hamlet III (baritone)[6]
- Ophelia (soprano)[6]
- Ophelia's doubles: Marx (soprano), Lenin (soprano), Mao (mezzo-soprano)[6]
- 3 naked women, voices from the casket (soprano, soprano, mezzo-soprano)[6]
- 4 laughing people (2 female and 2 male actors)[6]
- 3 screaming people (3 male actors)[6]
Structure
- I. Familienalbum (Family Album)
- II. Das Europa der Frau (Europe of the Woman)
- III. Scherzo
- IV. Pest in Buda, Schlacht um Grönland (Pest in Buda, Battle of Greenland)
- V. Wildharrend, In der furchtbaren Rüstung, Jahrtausende (Wildstraining, In the Fearsome Armaments, Millennia)[4]
Music
The opera is scored for actors, singing and speaking voices, choir and orchestra.
Other musical settings
Müller's play, which formed the basis for the libretto, has subsequently had two more musical settings—an opera by Ruth Zechlin for singers and small orchestra (1991) and an oratorio for choir, soloists and orchestra by Georges Aperghis (2000).[10]
References
- ^ a b Universal Edition. Wolfgang Rihm, Die Hamletmaschine: Musiktheater in 5 Teilen. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ Herbort, Heinz Josef Herbort (29 May 1987). Letzte Szenen in Momentform / Verwirrung und Tod, Zwiespalt und Entscheidungslosigkeit gebannt in Bildern aus dem Geist der Musik, Die Zeit (in German)
- ^ Wolfgang Rihm Biografie Archived 27 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Karlsruher Rihm Center (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ a b WERGO. Wolfgang Rihm, v. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ AllMusic. Rihm: Die Hamletmaschine. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gelli, Piero and Poletti, Filippo (eds.) (2007). "Hamletmaschine", Dizionario dell'opera, p. 611. Dalai. (in Italian)
- ^ Die Hamletmaschine (Musiktheater in 5 Teilen) operone (in German)
- ^ Warrack, John and West, Ewan (eds.) (1996). "Rihm, Wolfgang", Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, p. 432. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Elzenheimer, Regine (2008). Pause. Schweigen. Stille: Dramaturgien der Abwesenheit im postdramatischen Musik-Theater, Königshausen & Neumann, ps. 192–199 (in German).
- ^ Yunker, Johanna Frances (2013). "Father or Criminal: Ruth Zechlin's Post-Reunification Opera Die Reise", p. 3. AMS-SW Conference, Spring 2013, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
Further reading
- Neff, Severine (1990). "Die Hamletmaschine: Musiktheater in fünf Teilen (1983–1986) by Wolfgang Rihm". Notes, Second Series, Vol. 47, No. 1 (September 1990), pp. 215–217 (subscription required)