Die Gespenstersonate Explained

Die Gespenstersonate
Composer:	Aribert Reimann
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Librettist:	Reimann Uwe Schendel
Language:	German
Premiere Location:	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] [2]} Strindberg's play also inspired another opera, Die Gespenstersonate by Julius Weismann (1930).

Premiere

World premiere by the Deutsche Oper Berlin at the Hebbel Theater in 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

Notes and References

1. The Oxford Dictionary of Music 0199578540 2013
2. News: Pfaff . Timothy . 26 July 1990 . 'Ghost Sonata': DOA . . San Francisco . 37 . . 21 May 2020.