Wunderhorn

Scenic song circle (2008)

Text by Alexander Jansen based on Des Knaben Wunderhorn

 

Commissioned by the Mainfranken Theater in Würzburg

 

Occupation:

Heinrich, a good-for-nothing - baritone

Cuckoo - Death - Landlady - Soprano

Girl - flower - mezzo-soprano

1.Soldier/wind/a citizen - tenor

2nd soldier - bass

(Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass also form a solo quartet.)

 

Horn in F

Piano

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Duration: 70 mins

 

Premiere: December 7th, 2008, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Kammerspiele

Maria Bernius, soprano; Sonja Koppelhuber, mezzo-soprano; Randall Bills, tenor; Uwe Schenker-Primus, baritone; Tobias Germeshausen, bass

Roxane Boivin, Horn

Ulrich Pakusch, piano and musical direction

Staging: Christian Georg Fuchs

Set and costumes: Sandra Dehler