- Die toten Augen
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Eugen d'Albert 
Operas- Die Abreise (1898)
- Tiefland (1903)
- Die toten Augen (1916)
- Der Golem (1926)
Die toten Augen (or The Dead Eyes) is an opera (called a Bühnendichtung or 'stage poem' by the composer) with a prologue and one act by Eugen d'Albert to a libretto in German by Hanns Heinz Ewers and Marc Henry (Achille Georges d'Ailly-Vaucheret) after Henry's own 1897 play Les yeux morts.
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Performance History
Die toten Augen was first performed on 5 March 1916 at the Hofoper in Dresden under Fritz Reiner.
Roles
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 5 March 1916
(Conductor: Fritz Reiner)Arcesius, Roman envoy to Jerusalem baritone Friedrich Plaschke Myrtocle, his blind wife soprano Helena Forti Aurelius Galba, a Roman captain tenor Curt Taucher Arsinoe, Myrtocle's slave mezzo-soprano Grete Merrem-Nikisch Ktesiphar, an Egyptian doctor tenor Robert Büssel Jesus tenor Mary Magdalen contralto Shepherd tenor Shepherd boy soprano Reaper baritone Rebecca, a Jewish woman soprano Ruth, a Jewish woman soprano Esther, a Jewish woman soprano Sarah, a Jewish woman soprano A sick woman soprano Arcesius' male and female slaves, reapers etc. Synopsis
Set in Biblical times, Die toten Augen is a tragic drama involving a Roman envoy called Arcesius, his beautiful but blind wife Myrtocle and Aurelius Galba, a handsome Roman captain.
Recordings
- d'Albert: Die Toten Augen - Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic Choir
- Conductor: Ralf Weikert
- Principal singers: Dagmar Schellenberger, Norbert Orth, Hartmut Welker, Olaf Bär
- Recording date: March, 1997
- Label: CPO - B000042OED (CD)
References
- Amadeus Almanac, accessed 10 November 2008
- Forbes, Elizabeth (1992), 'Toten Augen, Die' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
External links
Categories:- Operas by Eugen d'Albert
- 1916 operas
- German-language operas
- Operas
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