''Oceane'' is a 2019 opera by

Detlev Glanert Detlev Glanert (born 6 September 1960) is a German opera composer, who has also composed numerous works for chamber and full orchestra, including three symphonies. Life Detlev Glanert was born in Hamburg in 1960. He came to music late, learnin ...

to a libretto by the composer and Hans-Ulrich Treichel after the uncompleted ''Oceane von Parceval'' by

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...

.Financial Time
Detlev Glanert’s deft and clever Oceane has its world premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
The composer’s new opera is atmospheric and well crafted — but will it make waves? Oceane, a sea spirit becomes human to experience life on land.

Recording

Live – Maria Bengtsson (as Oceane, soprano),

Nikolai Schukoff Nikolai Andrej Schukoff (born 1969) is an Austrian operatic tenor. Life Born in Graz, Schukoff completed his vocal studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with a diploma in "music-dramatic performance", for which he was awarded the Lilli Lehmann ...

(as Martin von Dircksen), Doris Soffel, Christoph Pohl, choir and orchestra of

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 D ...

Donald Runnicles Sir Donald Cameron Runnicles OBE HonFRSE (born 16 November 1954, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish conductor. Life and career The son of William Runnicles, a director of a furniture supply company and a choirmaster and organist, and Christin ...

Oehms, DDD, 2019 German-only libretto

References

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