''Das Schloß Dürande'', Op. 53, is an opera by

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to a

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by based on by Joseph von Eichendorff. A commission for Berlin by

Werner Reinhart Werner Reinhart (19 March 1884 – 29 August 1951) was a Swiss merchant, philanthropist, amateur clarinetist, and patron of composers and writers, particularly Igor Stravinsky and Rainer Maria Rilke. Reinhart knew and corresponded with many artist ...

, the libretto was heavily weighted with the Nazi ideology of the librettist Bunte, putting the composer in conflict with his own Swiss nationalist feelings. Theater Bern staged a reworking of the music to a new libretto by on Eichendorff's novel in 2018.

Recordings

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, Peter Anders, Josef Greindl,

Rut Berglund Rut Berglund, also Ruth Berglund (12 April 1897 – 29 August 1984) was a Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto, who was engaged in Germany from 1924 to 1944. She was personally appointed Kammersängerin by Adolf Hitler. Life and career ...

Marta Fuchs Marta Fuchs (January 1, 1898 - September 22, 1974) was a German concert and operatic soprano. Marta Fuchs grew up in an artistic family, her father being a painter, member of the board of the guild and a city councillor. In later years he put ...

Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (19 February 1897, Aachen – 13 February 1978, Nuremberg) was a German operatic baritone, particularly associated with Mozart and Verdi roles. He is considered to have been one of the best lyric baritones of the int ...

, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin,

Robert Heger Robert Heger (19 August 1886 – 14 January 1978) was a German conductor and composer from Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine. Life and career He studied at the Conservatory of Strasbourg under Franz Stockhausen, then in Zurich under Lothar ...

, 1943 *Chorus, Konzert Theater Bern,

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;

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2018"Politisches Biedermeier aus zweiter Hand"
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'', 1 June 2018. "Das Theater Bern versucht Othmar Schoecks letzte Oper, «Das Schloss Dürande», mit einer Neufassung zu retten. Das Ergebnis gibt in vieler Hinsicht zu denken."

References

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