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List Of Compositions By Hans Werner Henze
This is a list of works by German composer Hans Werner Henze (1926 – 2012). Many of them are published by Schott Music. Operas, music-theatre and other dramatic works *'' Das Wundertheater'' (1948, première 1949) *''Die Gefangenen'' (1950) *''Boulevard Solitude'' (1951, première 1952) *'' Ein Landarzt'', radio opera (1951; stage version 1964, première 1965; revised 1994) *''Der tolle Tag'' (1951; withdrawn) *''Sodom und Gomorrha'' (1952) *''Das Ende einer Welt'', radio opera (1953; stage version 1964, première 1965; revised 1993) *''König Hirsch'' (1952–55, première 1956; revised 1962 as ''Il re cervo oder Die Irrfahrten der Wahrheit'' (première 1963) *''Der sechste Gesang'' (1955) *''Die Zikaden'' (1955; withdrawn) *'' Der Prinz von Homburg'' (1958, première 1960; new orchestration 1991) *'' Elegy for Young Lovers'' (Elegie für junge Liebende) (1959–61, première 1961; revised 1987) *''Les caprices de Marianne'' (1962; withdrawn) *''Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Der Langwierige Weg In Die Wohnung Der Natascha Ungeheuer
''Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer'' (''The Tedious Way to the Place of Natascha Ungeheuer'') is a composition by the German composer Hans Werner Henze. It represents one of the most examples of his early socialism-inspired works. Overview Described as a "show for 17", it is a setting of a libretto based on the poetry collection by the Chilean poet Gaston Salvatore, who had been prominent in the West German student movement of 1968 in Berlin."''Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer''" by Sean Tartaglia, ''The Hidden Repertoire'', 30 October 2015 It features a |
Phaedra (opera)
''Phaedra'' is a 'concert opera' in two acts by Hans Werner Henze. Its first performance was given at the Berlin State Opera on 6 September 2007. The work is a co-commission and co-production with the Berliner Festspiele, Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, Alte Oper Frankfurt and the Vienna Festival. Although Henze announced in 2003 that ''L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe'' would be his last opera, it became known during 2006 that in spite of serious illness, he was preparing a new opera based on the classical myth of Phaedra. Preparation of the libretto The libretto is by and deals in an innovative way with the story of Phaedra, whose love for her stepson Hippolytus triggers catastrophe. The first part of the opera tells this legend much as previously retold by Euripides, Racine and Sarah Kane. The second part, however, follows a mythological tradition alluded to by Ovid. Hippolytus, fatally wounded, is brought back to life by the goddess Artemis, and is given a new life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One highlight is the annual performance of the play '' Jedermann'' (''Everyman'') by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Since 1967, an annual Salzburg Easter Festival has also been held, organized by a separate organization. History Music festivals had been held in Salzburg at irregular intervals since 1877 held by the International Mozarteum Foundation but were discontinued in 1910. Although a festival was planned for 1914, it was cancelled at the outbreak of World War I. In 1917, Friedrich Gehmacher and Heinrich Damisch formed an organization known as the ''Salzburger Festspielhaus-Gemeinde'' to establish an annual festival of drama and music, emphasizing especially the works of Mozart. At the close of the war in 1918, the festival's re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Upupa Und Der Triumph Der Sohnesliebe
''L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe'' (English: ''The Hoopoe and the Triumph of Filial Love'') is an opera by Hans Werner Henze with a German libretto by the composer, inspired by Arab and Persian legends. This is Henze's 15th, and self-stated final, opera, and the first where he has written his own libretto. The opera was first performed at the Salzburg Festival on 12 August 2003 in a co-production with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Teatro Real, Madrid, staged by Dieter Dorn, set by Jürgen Rose. For the premiere, the originally scheduled conductor was Christian Thielemann and the original singer scheduled as "The demon" was Ian Bostridge, but in their places, Markus Stenz conducted and John Mark Ainsley sang "The demon". Critics have noted stylistic allusions to the music of Alban Berg and Igor Stravinsky, as well as to the operas ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'', ''The Magic Flute'', ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'', ''Tristan und Isolde'' and ''Parsifal''. Roles The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavarian State Opera
The Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bayerische Staatsorchester. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Electress consort Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, when Giovanni Battista Maccioni's ''L'arpa festante'' was performed in the court theatre. In 1753, the Residence Theatre (Cuvilliés Theatre) was opened as a major stage. While opera performances were also held in the Prinzregententheater (completed in 1901), the company's home base is the Nationaltheater München on Max-Joseph-Platz. In 1875, the Munich Opera Festival took place for the first time. Sir Peter Jonas became the general manager in 1993, the first British general manager of any major German-speaking opera house. In 2008, Nikolaus Bachler became Intendant (general manager) of the opera company, and Kirill Petrenko became Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) in 2013. In 2014, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Und Adonis
' is a one-act opera by Hans Werner Henze with a German libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel, after the poem by William Shakespeare. The work uses singers and dancers. It was first performed by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich on 11 January 1997 . The American première was at the Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. After creating the ''Opera Association of New Mexico'' in 1956, its founding director, John Crosby (conductor), John Crosby, oversaw the building of the fir ... in August 2000, staged by Alfred Kirchner, and the same production was used for the Canadian première, which took place in Toronto in 2001 . The Japanese premiere was given in concert form in Tokyo on 11 January 2001 . Roles Source: References * * * * Further reading * * * * {{Authority control Operas by Hans Werner Henze German-language operas 1997 operas Operas Operas based on classical mythology Operas based on works by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salzburger Festspiele
The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One highlight is the annual performance of the play '' Jedermann'' (''Everyman'') by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Since 1967, an annual Salzburg Easter Festival has also been held, organized by a separate organization. History Music festivals had been held in Salzburg at irregular intervals since 1877 held by the International Mozarteum Foundation but were discontinued in 1910. Although a festival was planned for 1914, it was cancelled at the outbreak of World War I. In 1917, Friedrich Gehmacher and Heinrich Damisch formed an organization known as the ''Salzburger Festspielhaus-Gemeinde'' to establish an annual festival of drama and music, emphasizing especially the works of Mozart. At the close of the war in 1918, the festival's re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gogo No Eiko
Go go or Gogo may refer to: Geography * Ghogha, India, a town once also known as Gogo * Gogo, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso, a town * Gogo, Zoundwéogo, Burkina Faso, a city * Gogo Department, a department in central Burkina Faso * Gogo Formation, a fossil reef formation in Western Australia * Gogo Station, a pastoral lease in the Kimberley of Western Australia Science * ''Gogo'' (fish), a genus of Anchariid catfish * Gogo Fish (other), two species of fish fossils found in the Gogo Formation in Western Australia Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Gogo (Final Fantasy), from the Super Nintendo role-playing games ''Final Fantasy V'' and ''VI'' * Ebu Gogo, creatures in the mythology of the people of the island of Flores, Indonesia * Estragon, or Gogo, from Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot'' * Gogo Dodo, from ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' * Gogo Germain, from the film '' St. Louis Blues'' (1958) * GoGo Tomago, from ''Big Hero 6'' * Gogo Yubari, from '' Kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet. Since 2004, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, like the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), the Komische Oper Berlin, the Berlin State Ballet, and the Bühnenservice Berlin (Stage and Costume Design), has been a member of the Berlin Opera Foundation. History The company's history goes back to the ''Deutsches Opernhaus'' built by the then independent city of Charlottenburg—the "richest town of Prussia"—according to plans designed by Heinrich Seeling from 1911. It opened on 7 November 1912 with a performance of Beethoven's ''Fidelio'', conducted by Ignatz Waghalter. In 1925, after the incorporation of Charlottenburg by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act, the name of the resident building was changed to ''Städtische Oper'' (Municipal Opera). With the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Verratene Meer
''Das verratene Meer'' (''The Betrayed Sea'') is an opera in two parts and 14 scenes, with music by Hans Werner Henze to a German libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel, after Yukio Mishima's novel '' The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea''. Composed between 1986 and 1989, it was Henze's ninth opera, his third that he wrote for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Performance history It was first performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 5 May 1990, when it was conducted by Markus Stenz and produced by Götz Friedrich. The US premiere was at San Francisco Opera on 8 November 1991. Roles Synopsis ''Part I: Summer'' * Scene 1 – Fusako's house * Scene 2 – An abandoned warehouse * Scene 3 – A park on a hill above the sea * Scene 4 – Fusako's house * Scene 5 – The warehouse * Scene 6 – The park * Scene 7 – On the pier in the harbour * Scene 8 – The warehouse ''Part II: Winter'' * Scene 9 – The park * Scene 10 – The warehouse * Scene 11 – Fusako's house * Scene 12 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The English Cat
''The English Cat'' (in German, ''Die englische Katze'') is an opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze to an English libretto by Edward Bond, based on ' (''The heartbreak of an English cat'') by Honoré de Balzac. The opera was first performed in a German translation by the Stuttgart Opera at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen at the Schwetzingen Festival on 2 June 1983. The French premiere was at the Opéra-Comique, Paris in 1984. The first performance using the original English text was at Santa Fe on 13 July 1985. The UK premiere was at the Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, on 19 August 1987.Dean, Winton, "Reports: Edinburgh" (November 1987). ''The Musical Times'', 128 (1737): 642–643. A revised version was performed at Montepulciano in 1990 and this was given in London in 1991. Roles Synopsis The opera is set in London in the 1890s. A group of bourgeois cats has formed the Royal Society for the Protection of Rats. Avowed pacifists as well, the society has been raising a young o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
