''Das Himmelskleid'' (''La veste di cielo'') is a 1927 German-language opera in 3 acts by

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) (January 12, 1876 – January 21, 1948) was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as '' Il segreto di Susanna'' (1909). A number of his works were based on plays by ...

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Donkeyskin ''Donkeyskin'' (french: Peau d'Âne) is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. It was first published in 1695 in a small volume and republished in 1697 in Perrault's ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé''. Andrew Lan ...

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Charles Perrault Charles Perrault ( , also , ; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was an iconic French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales ...

. It premiered 21 April 1927 at the Nationaltheater, Munich.

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Angelina Ruzzafante Angelina may refer to: Human names * Angelina (given name), a feminine given name *The feminine form of the family name Angelos People Entertainers * Angelina (American singer), American retired singer Angelina Camarillo Ramos (born 1976) * Angel ...

, Sibrand Basa, Reinhard Leisenheimer,

Hagen Opera Hagen () is the 41st-largest city in Germany. The municipality is located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme (met by ...

Gerhard Markson Gerhard Markson is a German conductor. His most recent post was Principal Conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, but his term ended in May 2009. Biography He studied at the Frankfurt Academy of Music. During the 1970s he particip ...

Marco Polo 3CD 1997 The Gramophone - Volume 75, Issues 893-896 1997 - Page 115 Das Himmelskleid (The Garment of Heaven) - Angelina Ruzzafante / Sibrand Basa , Reinhard Leisenheimer / Hagen Opera / Gerhard Markson Marco Polo 8.223261-63 WLLI-I-I-IIR-II Wolf-Ferrari, remembered more often for operas like Susanna's Secret, set great store by Das Himmelskleid, the story of a fairy-tale Princess. She rejects suitor after suitor, and sends the most eligible of all on a quest for the garment of Heaven.

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