''Reigen'' (German 'Round Dance') is a German-language opera in ten scenes by

Philippe Boesmans Philippe Boesmans (17 May 1936 – 10 April 2022) was a Belgian pianist, composer and academic teacher. He studied to be a pianist at the Royal Conservatory of Liège, and was self-taught as a composer, influenced by the Liège Group of Henri Pou ...

to a libretto by

Luc Bondy Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 – 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director. Life and career upright=1.3, '' Charlotte Salomon'' at the Salzburg Festival 2014 Trained in Paris with the theatre teacher Jacques Lecoq, he received a job ...

after

Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler (15 May 1862 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist. Biography Arthur Schnitzler was born at Praterstrasse 16, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, capital of the Austrian Empire (as of 1867, part of the dual monarchy ...

's play ''

La Ronde La Ronde may refer to: Geography * La Ronde, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime ''département'', France * La Ronde River, on the Caribbean island of Dominica *La Ronde (amusement park), Montreal, Quebec, Canada *A La Ronde, an ...

'' (1897). The opera was premiered at

La Monnaie The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National O ...

, Brussels in 1993.Alison Latham ''The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works'' 0198610203-- 2004 p.135 "Reigen ('Round Dance'). Opera in ten scenes by Philippe Boesmans to a libretto by Luc Bondy after Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde (1897) (Brussels, 1993)."

Scenes

#The Whore and the Soldier #The Soldier and the Parlor Maid #The Parlor Maid and the Young Gentleman #The Young Gentleman and the Young Wife #The Young Wife and The Husband #The Husband and the Little Miss #The Little Miss and the Poet #The Poet and the Actress #The Actress and the Count #The Count and the Whore

Roles

*Die Dirne, Leocadia (soprano) *Der Soldat, Franz (tenor) *Das Stubenmädchen, Mizzi (mezzosoprano) *Der junge Herr, Alfred (tenor) *Die junge Frau, Emma (soprano) *Der Gatte, Gottfried (baritone) *Das süße Mädel (mezzosoprano) *Der Dichter, Robert (tenor) *Die Sängerin (soprano) *Der Graf (baritone)

Recordings

*1994 – Deborah Raymond (Die Dirne), Mark Curtis (Der Soldat), Elzbieta Ardam (Das Stubenmädchen),

Roberto Saccà Roberto Saccà (12 September 1961) is a German operatic tenor. He was a member of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and Opernhaus Zürich, and has appeared in major European opera houses and festivals, first with a focus on roles such as Mo ...

(Der junge Herr), Solveig Kringelborn (Die junge Frau), Franz-Ferdinand Nentwig (Der Gatte), Randi Stene (Das süße Mädel), Ronald Hamilton (Der Dichter),

Françoise Pollet Françoise Pollet (born 10 September 1949 in Boulogne Billancourt) is a French soprano. She made her debut in 1983 at the Lübeck Opera as Marschallin in the Rosenkavalier of Richard Strauss.Aspects de la mélodie française: Concours internation ...

(Die Sängerin),

Dale Duesing Dale Duesing (born September 26, 1947) is an American baritone. As an opera singer, he has had an international career spanning five decades. Duesing grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied piano throughout childhood, and enrolled at Lawrence ...

(Der Graf). Ricercar 133122/123, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie,

Sylvain Cambreling Sylvain Cambreling (born 2 July 1948 in Amiens, France) is a French conductor. Biography Trained as a trombone player, Cambreling studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He joined l' Orchestre Symphonique de Lyon (OSL) as a trombonist in 1971. In 19 ...

reissued digitally Cypres.

References

1993 operas Operas by Philippe Boesmans Operas Operas based on plays German-language operas Opera world premieres at La Monnaie {{German-opera-stub