Chlestakows Wiederkehr Explained

Chlestakows Wiederkehr
Composer:Giselher Klebe
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Translated Name:Khlestakov's Return
Librettist:Klebe
Language:German
Premiere Location:Landestheater Detmold

Chlestakows Wiederkehr, op. 149, (Khlestakov's Return) is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe. He also wrote the libretto, based on the play Der Revisor (The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol. The work lasts about 70 minutes.

The opera premiered on 11 April 2008 at the Landestheater Detmold, Germany. It is Klebe's first and only comedic opera. His adaptation of the text is only loosely based on Gogol and adds a significant twist in the final scene.

RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 11 April 2008[1]
Conductor: Erich Wächter[2]
Anton Antonowitsch Swosnik,
Town Governor
baritoneAndreas Jören
Ammos Fjordorowitsch Ljapkin,
Judge
tenorByoung Oh Kim
Luka Lukitsch,
School Inspector
baritoneJoachim Goltz
Artemij Filipowitsch Semljnanika,
Superintendent for the Homeless and the Old
bassVladimir Miakotine
Iwan Kusmitsch Schpekin,
Post Master
tenorSnorri Wium
Natascha Andrejewna,
Town Governor's wife
mezzo-sopranoBrigitte Bauma
Olga Antonowna,
Town Governor's daughter)
sopranoKirsten Höner zu Siederdissen
Iwan Alexandrowitsch Chlestakow,
a young man from Petersburg
tenorJohannes Harten
Ossip,
Chlestakow's servant
tenorMarkus Gruber
Mischka,
the Town Governor's servant
Kevin Dickmann
Stephan Iwanowitsch Koropkin,
Innkeeper
Policemanspoken role
DirectorKay Metzger
Stage & Costume DesignPetra Mollérus
DramaturgyElisabeth Wirtz
The role names above are spelled as in the German text.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Besetzung für Chlestakows Wiederkehr (Cast for Khlestakov's Return). 2008-03-04. Landestheater Detmold. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030935/http://www.landestheater-detmold.de/index.php?id=63&no_cache=1&tx_txtheater_pi2%5BTID%5D=426. 4 March 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: Cast for Khlestakov's Return . 20 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173352/http://www.landestheater-detmold.de/index.php?id=78&no_cache=1&tx_txtheater_pi1%5BensembleId%5D=84 . 3 March 2016 . dead .