- Die Räuber (opera)
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Giselher Klebe Operas- Die Räuber (1957)
- Die tödlichen Wünsche (1959)
- Die Ermordung Cäsars (1959)
- Alkmene (1961)
- Figaro lässt sich scheiden (1963)
- Jacobowsky und der Oberst (1965)
- Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie (1969)
- Ein wahrer Held (1975)
- Das Mädchen aus Domrémy (1976)
- Das Rendezvous (1973)
- Der Jüngste Tag (1980)
- Die Fastnachtsbeichte (1983)
- Gervaise Macquart (1995)
- Chlestakows Wiederkehr (2008)
Die Räuber, op.25, (The Robbers) is an opera in four acts by Giselher Klebe who also wrote the libretto based on the play by Friedrich Schiller.
It premiered on 3 June 1957 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf. It is dedicated to the memory of Giuseppe Verdi. It was written between 1951 and 1956, and revised in 1961/1962.
Roles
- The old Count von Moor (bass)
- Karl and Franz, his sons (dramatic tenor, character baritone)
- Amalia von Edelreich, old Moor's niece (dramatic soprano)
- Hermann, a nobleman (lyric tenor)
- Schweizer, a libertine, later a robber (character bass)
- A Monk (contralto)
- Daniel, an old servant (lyric tenor)
- The libertines, later robbers; voices (backstage)
Time and Place: Germany in the middle of the 18th century
External links
- "Giselher Klebe – Räuber – Opera". Boosey & Hawkes. http://www.boosey.com/pages/opera/moreDetails.asp?musicID=26052&site-lang=en. Retrieved 2008-03-16. Detailed information about the work, including scoring and synopsis
Categories:- German-language operas
- Operas by Giselher Klebe
- Operas
- 1957 operas
- Operas based on plays
- Operas set in Germany
- German-language opera stubs
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