Die Gespenstersonate

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).

Die Gespenstersonate
Opera by Aribert Reimann
The composer in 2010
Librettist
  • Reimann
  • Uwe Schendel
LanguageGerman
Based onThe Ghost Sonata
by August Strindberg
Premiere
1984 (1984)
Deutsche Oper Berlin

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

References
  1. The Oxford Dictionary of Music 0199578540 2013
  2. Pfaff, Timothy (26 July 1990). "'Ghost Sonata': DOA". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco. p. 37. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


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