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