- Der Kuhreigen
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Wilhelm Kienzl Operas- Der Evangelimann (1895)
- Don Quixote (1898)
- Der Kuhreigen (1911)
Der Kuhreigen is an opera (called a 'musikalisches Schauspiel' or 'musical play') in three acts by the Austrian composer Wilhelm Kienzl. The libretto, by Richard Batka, is after Rudolf Hans Bartsch's novel Die kleine Blanchefleur. It was first performed in Vienna on 23 November 1911.
Contents
Roles
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 23 November 1911
Conductor: Robert HegerBlanchefleur soprano Maria Jeritza Primus Thaller tenor Rudolf Ritter Brayole tenor Cleo mezzo-soprano Dursel bass Kanzler bass The King bass Marquis de Chézy bass Marquis Massimelle bass Synopsis
Set in revolutionary France, this is the love story of the Swiss Sergeant Primus Thaller, condemned for singing the banned Swiss 'Kuhreigen' folksong, and Blanchefleur, wife of the Marquis Massimelle, who saves him and then herself becomes a victim of the revolution.
Recordings
Kienzl: Der Kuhreigen - Vienna ORTF Orchestra
- Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek
- Principal singers: Georg Schnapka, Robert Granzer, Mirjana Irosch, Adolfo Dallapozza, Christian Boesch, Walter Eder, Peter Drahosch, Rudolf Weiss, Elisabeth Sobota et al.
- Recording date: January 27, 1973
- Label: House of Opera - 6948 (CD)[1]
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Categories:- Operas by Wilhelm Kienzl
- 1911 operas
- Operas set in France
- German-language operas
- Operas
- Operas based on novels
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