Simplicius Simplicissimus

Simplicius Simplicissimus

New version (1956/57)
Original version (1934/35, see there)
after Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, by Hermann Scherchen, Wolfgang Petzet and Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Carl Orff zugeeignet [“dedicated Carl Orff”]

New version with overture (1939), interludes, musical dialogues, choric string instrumentation, dramaturgical interventions and alternative ending

Performance duration: ca. 85′

First performance: July 9, 1959, Mannheim (Conductor: Karl Fischer & Production: Joachim Klaiber)

  • Year
  • 1956/57
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Undine

Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend

Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend

3 scenes from his youth (1934/35)
New version (1956/57, s. dort)
after Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, by Hermann Scherchen, Wolfgang Petzet and Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Aufführungsdauer: ca. 85′ (abhängig von Fassung)

First performance (concertante): April 2, 1948, Bayerischer Rundfunk (Conductor: Hans Rosbaud)
First performance (scenic): October 20, 1949, Cologne (Conductor: Richard Kraus, Staging: Erich Bormann)

  • Year
  • 1934/35
  • Archivalienkategorie
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Wachsfigurenkabinett

Wachsfigurenkabinett

This piece was written in 1929, an arrangement (fair copy for the planned performance) is dated 1932
Libretto: Erich Bormann

I Leben und Sterben des heiligen Teufels [Rasputin] [“Life and death of the holy devil”]
II Der Mann, der vom Tode auferstand [“The man who rose from the dead”] (after sketches completed by Günter Bialas & Hans Werner Henze)
III Chaplin-Ford-Trott (after sketches completed by Wilfried Hiller)
IV fürwahr……?! [“forsooth……?!”] (after sketches completed by Hans Werner Henze)
V Die Witwe von Ephesus [“The widow of Ephesus”]

Performance duration: 18′ / 12′ / 22′ / 11′ / 20′

First performance (complete work): May 29, 1988 (Münchner Biennale, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Conductor: Georg Schmöhe, Production: Ian Strasfogel, Stage design: Hans Hoffer, Costumes: Elisabeth Seiringer)

First performance (“Leben und Sterben des heiligen Teufels”, piano version): 1930

  • Year
  • 1929/30
  • Archivalienkategorie
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