Gervaise Macquart

Gervaise Macquart
Opera by Giselher Klebe
Klebe in 2008
LibrettistLore Klebe
LanguageGerman
Based on
L'Assommoir
by Émile Zola
Premiere
10 November 1995 (1995-11-10)
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

Gervaise Macquart, Op. 119, is an opera in two acts by Giselher Klebe. His wife, Lore Klebe, wrote the libretto based on the novel L'Assommoir in Émile Zola's series Les Rougon-Macquart.

The opera premiered on 10 November 1995 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany, under the direction of August Everding, conducted by János Kulka, with Marta Marquez in the title role, Martha Mödl as Mother Bazouga, Markus Müller as Lantier, Richard Salter as Henri Coupeau, Stefan Heidemann as blacksmith Goujet, and Gwendolyn Killebrew as Madame Goujet.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Eleonore Büning (17 November 1995). "Gefärbtes Wasser" [Coloured water]. Die Zeit (review of premiere) (in German). p. 1. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2026., "page 2". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Biografie & Werkverzeichnis – 1995", giselherklebe.de
  3. ↑ "Composers – Works: Gieselher Klebe (*1925)", euro-opera.de (in German)
  4. ↑ Anne Midgette (20 January 1996). "From around the world: Düsseldorf". Opera News. Metropolitan Opera Guild. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009.
  5. ↑ Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Killebrew, Gwendolyn". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. pp. 2378–2279. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.