List of operas by Paul Hindemith
This is a list of operas by the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963).
List
[edit]| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen | opera | 1 act | Oskar Kokoschka | 4 June 1921 | Stuttgart, Staatstheater |
| Das Nusch-Nuschi | opera | 1 act | Franz Blei | 4 June 1921 | Stuttgart, Staatstheater |
| Sancta Susanna | opera | 1 act | August Stramm | 26 March 1922 | Frankfurt, Alte Oper |
| Cardillac | opera | 3 acts | Ferdinand Lion after E. T. A. Hoffmann's Das Fräulein von Scuderi (revised by Hindemith, 1952) | 9 November 1926; revised version: 20 June 1952 |
Dresden, Semperoper; revised version: Zürich, Stadttheater |
| Hin und zurück | Sketch mit Musik | 1 scene | Marcellus Schiffer | 15 July 1927 | Baden-Baden, Theater der Stadt |
| Neues vom Tage | lustige Oper | 3 parts | Marcellus Schiffer (revised by Hindemith, 1954, and translated by Rinaldo Küfferle as Novità del giorno) | 8 June 1929; revised version: 7 April 1954 |
Berlin, Kroll Opera House; revised version: Naples, Teatro di San Carlo |
| Lehrstück | music theatre work | 7 scenes | Bertolt Brecht | 28 July 1929 | Baden-Baden, Stadthalle |
| Wir bauen eine Stadt | Spiel für Kinder | Robert Seitz | 21 June 1930 | Berlin | |
| Mathis der Maler | opera | 7 scenes | composer | 28 May 1938 | Zürich |
| Die Harmonie der Welt | opera | 5 acts | composer | 11 August 1957 | Munich, Prinzregententheater |
| The Long Christmas Dinner | opera | 1 act | Thornton Wilder | 17 December 1961 | Mannheim, Mannheim National Theatre |
References
[edit]- Skelton, Geoffrey (1992), 'Hindemith, Paul' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- "Werkverzeichnis (list of works)", Fondation Hindemith, Switzerland
