Die Gespenstersonate

Die Gespenstersonate
Opera by Aribert Reimann
The composer in 2010
Librettist
  • Reimann
  • Uwe Schendel
Language German
Based on The Ghost Sonata
by August Strindberg
Premiere 1984 (1984)
Deutsche Oper Berlin

Die Gespenstersonate is a 1984 German-language opera by Aribert Reimann to a libretto by the composer and Uwe Schendel after August Strindberg's play The Ghost Sonata.[1] Strindgerg's play also inspired another opera, Die Gespenstersonate by Julius Weismann (1930).

Premiere

World premiere by the Deutsche Oper Berlin at the Hebbel-Theater Berlin with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and Ensemble Modern featured:

  • Der Alte - Hans Günther Nöcker
  • Die Mumie - Martha Mödl
  • Der Oberst - Horst Hiestermann
  • Der Student Arkenholz - David Knutson
  • Das Fräulein - Gudrun Sieber
  • Johansson - Donald Grobe
  • Bengtsson - William Dooley
  • Die Dunkle Dame - Barbara Scherler
  • Die Köchin - Kaja Borris

A video of the premiere was released on DVD by Arthaus

References

  1. ↑ The Oxford Dictionary of Music 0199578540 2013
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