''Bernarda Albas Haus'' ('The House of Bernarda Alba') is a 2000 German-language opera in three acts by

Aribert Reimann Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936) is a German composer, pianist and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', the opera ''Lear (opera), Lear'', was written at the suggestion of Dietrich F ...

to a libretto by the composer after Enrique Beck's German translation of

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

's play ''

La casa de Bernarda Alba ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with '' Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not inc ...

'' (1936).Alison Latham ''The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works'' 2004 Page 17 0198610203 Bernarda Albas Haus ('The House of Bernarda Alba'). Opera in three acts by Aribert Reimann to a libretto by the composer after Enrique Beck's German translation of Federico Garcıa Lorca's play La casa de Bernarda Alba (1936) (Munich, ...

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