Die schwarze Maske
Opera by Krzysztof Penderecki
- Penderecki
- Harry Kupfer
15 August 1986 (1986-08-15)
Salzburg Festival
Die schwarze Maske (The Black Mask) is an opera by composer Krzysztof Penderecki using a German libretto by the composer and Harry Kupfer which is based on a 1928 play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The opera premiered at the Salzburg Festival on 15 August 1986, after which there were productions mounted at the Vienna State Opera and the Great Theatre, Warsaw during the following opera season. The work had its United States premiere on 30 July 1988 at the Santa Fe Opera with a cast that included Mark Lundberg.
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast[1] |
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Silvanus Schuller | tenor | Walter Raffeiner [de] |
Benigna | soprano | Josephine Barstow |
Arabella | soprano | Lona Culmer-Schellbach |
Rosa Sacchi | mezzo-soprano | Marjana Lipovšek |
Jedidja Potter | tenor | Martin Finke |
François Tortebat | bass | Hans Franzen |
Daga | soprano | Jolanta Radek |
Löwel Perl | baritone | Günter Reich |
Robert Dedo | baritone | Huub Claessens |
Plebanus Wendt | bass | Malcolm Smith |
Hadank | tenor | Heinz Zednik |
Graf Ebbo Hüttenwächter | bass | Rainer Scholze |
Gräfin Laura Hüttenwächter | contralto | Gertrude Jahn |
Schedel | tenor | Robert Werner |
Doktor Knoblochzer | bass | Wolfgang Equiluz |
Johnson | speaking role | Charleston Marquis |
A contralto voice | contralto | Ingrid Mayr |
References
- ^ Die schwarze Maske, roles and role creators at www.salzburgerfestspiele.at
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- The Devils of Loudun
- Paradise Lost
- Die schwarze Maske
- Ubu Rex
- No. 1
- No. 2 "Christmas"
- No. 3
- No. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem"
- No. 8 "Lieder der Vergänglichkeit"
- Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra
- Cello Concerto No. 1
- Fonogrammi (flute)
- Partita (harpsichord)
- St Luke Passion
- Utrenja
- Canticum Canticorum Salomonis
- Magnificat
- Polish Requiem
- Credo
- Lacrimosa No. 2
- Three Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano
- Clarinet Quartet
- Sextet
- Suite (cello)
- Prelude for Clarinet
- Requiem of Reconciliation (Agnus Dei only)
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