Caligula (Glanert)

Caligula is 2006 German-language opera by Detlev Glanert in four acts to a libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel freely adapted from the 1945 play by Albert Camus. The published version by Boosey and Hawkes also includes an English version by Amanda Holden.[1][2] The opera premiered in Frankfurt, directed by Christian Pade.[3] The plot of Camus' play tells of the last days of Caligula.[4][5]

Recording

  • Caligula - Ashley Holland (Caligula), Michaela Schuster (Caesonia), Martin Wölfel (Helicon), and Dietrich Volle (Mereia/Lepidus), Barbara Zechmeister, Hans-Jürgen Lazar, Opern- & Museumsorchester Frankfurt, Markus Stenz Oehms 2012[6]

References

  1. ↑ Boosey.com Caligula sheet music
  2. ↑ Margaret Ross Griffel Operas in German: A Dictionary 1442247975 2018 p74 "CALIGULA, opera in four acts by Detlev Glanert; libretto (Ger) by Hans-Ulrich Treichel, after Albert Camus. ... Oper Frankfurt, with Ashley Holland (Caligula), Michaela Schuster (Caesonia), Martin Wölfel (Helicon), and Gregory Frank (Cherea); "
  3. ↑ Chronik Jahrgangsband 2007 - Page 153 3577141077 Ernst Christian Schütt - 2008 In seiner Oper »Caligula« beleuchtet Detlev Glanert den Wandel des römischen Kaisers vom vorbildlichen Herrscher zum grausamen Tyrannen. ..
  4. ↑ Opernwelt - Volume 48, Issues 1-6 - Page 41 2007
  5. ↑ Opernwelt - Volume 47, Issues 7-12 - Page 11
  6. ↑ The Guardian Review 2010 "A full German libretto is included in the booklet, but there's no English version"
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