''Das Schloß Dürande'', Op. 53, is an

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to a

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by based on by

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. A commission for Berlin by

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, the libretto was heavily weighted with the

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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

* Maria Cebotari, Peter Anders,

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, Marta Fuchs, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin,

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, 1943 *Chorus, Konzert Theater Bern, Bern Symphony Orchestra,

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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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