''Das Himmelskleid'' (''La veste di cielo'') is a 1927 German-language opera in 3 acts by

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) (January 12, 1876 – January 21, 1948) was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as ''Il segreto di Susanna'' (1909). A number of his works were based on plays by ...

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Donkeyskin "Donkeyskin" () is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. It was first published in 1695 in a small volume and republished in 1697 in Perrault's '' Histoires ou contes du temps passé''. Andrew Lang included it, somewh ...

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Charles Perrault Charles Perrault ( , , ; 12 January 162816 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his ...

. It premiered 21 April 1927 at the Nationaltheater, Munich.

Recording

Angelina Ruzzafante, Sibrand Basa, Reinhard Leisenheimer, Hagen Opera Gerhard Markson Marco Polo 3CD 1997 The Gramophone - Volume 75, Issues 893–896 1997 - Page 115 Das Himmelskleid (The Garment of Heaven) - Angelina Ruzzafante / Sibrand Basa , Reinhard Leisenheimer / Hagen Opera / Gerhard Markson Marco Polo 8.223261-63 WLLI-I-I-IIR-II Wolf-Ferrari, remembered more often for operas like Susanna's Secret, set great store by Das Himmelskleid, the story of a fairy-tale Princess. She rejects suitor after suitor, and sends the most eligible of all on a quest for the garment of Heaven.

References

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