''Julietta'' is a 1959 opera by

Heimo Erbse Heimo Erbse (27 February 1924 – 22 September 2005) was a German composer from Rudolstadt. Erbse studied in Weimar, and then worked from 1947 to 1950 in the theater before studying under Blacher in 1950. He lived most of his life in Austria ...

based on

Heinrich von Kleist Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', ''Amphit ...

's novel ''

Die Marquise von O ''The Marquise of O'' (german: Die Marquise von O....) is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist on the subject of forced seduction. It was first published in 1808. Synopsis The story begins with a one-sentence paragraph -- the widowed Marquise von O. ...

''. The opera was premiered at the Salzburg Festival and a recording was made. Although

Rolf Liebermann Rolf Liebermann (14 September 1910 – 2 January 1999), was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was also Artistic Director of ...

's ''Die Schule der Frauen'' had been moderately well received at Salzburg in 1957, like

Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. The music critic Donal Henahan said, "Proba ...

's ''Vanessa'' given its European premiere in Salzburg in 1958, and Frank Martin's ''Mysterium von der Geburt des Herrn'' (1960) after it, Erbse's ''Julietta'' met with critical disapproval and small audiences.A history of the Salzburg Festival Stephen Gallup - 1988 - Page 164 - Save for Liebermann's fairly successful Die S chide der Frauen in 1957, the operas presented — Samuel Barber's Vanessa (the New York Metropolitan Opera production, presented in 1958), Frank Martin's Mysterium von der Geburt des Herrn (1960) and Heimo Erbse's Julietta (1959) — were savaged by the critics and drew small audiences.79 The monumental failure of Vanessa forced critics to rethink their attitude towards modern opera in Salzburg, and many eventually came to von ...

Recording

Rita Streich Rita Streich (18 December 192020 March 1987) was one of the most admired and recorded lyric coloratura sopranos of the post-war period. Biography Rita Streich was born in Barnaul, southern Siberia, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Repu ...

, Rudolph Knoll,

Sieglinde Wagner Sieglinde Wagner (21 April 1921 – 31 December 2003) was an Austrian operatic contralto, who could also sing mezzo-soprano roles. Wagner was born in Linz, and studied in Linz and Munich. In 1947, she made her debut at the Vienna State Opera. Tw ...

Gerhard Stolze Gerhard Stolze (1 October 1926, Dessau – 11 March 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) was a German operatic tenor. He was a character tenor best known as a Wagner singer. His signature role was Mime (''Das Rheingold'', '' Siegfried''). Other i ...

, Elisabeth Höngen, Walter Berry, Wiener Philharmoniker,

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1959

References

{{reflist Operas 1959 operas Operas based on novels Operas based on works by Heinrich von Kleist