''Dornröschen'' (''Sleeping Beauty'') is a 1902 opera by Engelbert Humperdinck. The

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, based on the story of

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, was by fairy tale writer Elisabeth Ebeling and Bertha Lehrmann-Filhés, with a dialogue version by Ralf Eger who worked on

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's operettas such as '' Der Zarewitsch''.

Premiere

''Dornröschen'' premiered on 11 December 1902 at the Stadttheater in

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, with Humperdinck conducting. Principal roles with premiere cast members:

Recordings

Complete opera * ''Dornröschen'' –

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(speaking role, Dämonia, the wicked fairy), Christina Landshamer (Rosa, Queen of the fairies), Kristiane Kaiser (Sleeping Beauty), Tobias Haaks (Reinhold), Stephanie Hampl (Morphina), Anna Borchers (Quecksilber), Miriam Clark (the Sun), Brigitte Bayer (a forget-me-not), Guibee Yang (a rose), Wolfgang Klose (Vogt of the Ancestral Castle), Jerzy May (Ringold), Barbara Malisch (Armgart). Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Muenchner Rundfunkorchester; Ulf Schirmer, conductor. CPO, 2011. Incidental music *''Märchenmusiken = Fairy-tale music'' - Hänsel und Gretel. Ouvertüre = Overture—Der blaue Vogel = The Blue Bird. Vorspiel : Der Weihnachtstraum = The Christmas Dream; Sternenreigen -- Königskinder = The King's Children. Konzertouvertüre = Concert Overture; Einleitung zum 2. Akt = Act II: Introduction : Hellafest und Kinderreigen; Einleitung zum 3. Akt. = Act II: Introduction : Verdorben-Gestorben! -- Dornröschen. Vorspiel = Prelude; Ballade; Irrfahrten = Wanderings; Dornenschloss = The Thorn Castle; Festklänge = Festival Sounds. Bamberger Symphoniker; Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor. Virgin Classics, 1992.

References

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