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Rübezahl Und Der Sackpfeifer Von Neisse
''Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse'' is a 1904 opera in 4 acts by Hans Sommer to a libretto by Eberhard König based on the Rübezahl fairy tale. The opera premiered at the Hoftheater in Braunschweig on 15 April 1904.Deutsche Rundschau ''Deutsche Rundschau'' was a literary and political periodical established in 1874 by Julius Rodenberg. It strongly influenced German politics, German literature, literature and Culture of Germany, culture was considered one of the most successful ... Volumes 124-125 1905- Page 143 "Als Kunstwerk ungleich höher steht Hans Sommers Oper „Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neiße", selbst wenn man zugibt, daß es der eigentlich starken Wirkung entbehrt, und daß die Tertdichtung Eberhard Königs wesentliche Mängel hat." Recording *''Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse'' - Magnus Piontek, Johannes Beck, Anne Preuß, Jueun Jeon, Opernchor von Theater & Philharmonie Thüringen, Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg-Gera, Laurent Wagner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Sommer (composer)
Hans Sommer (born 20 July 1837 in Braunschweig (Brunswick) – 26 April 1922 in Braunschweig) was a German composer and mathematician. Sommer was born Hans Friedrich August Zincke in Braunschweig in 1837. Before going into music full-time, Sommer, who had studied mathematics and physics in Braunschweig and Göttingen, was also a noted mathematician. He served as the director of the Braunschweig University of Technology, where he taught mathematics, from 1875 to 1881. He was most successful as a composer for the theatre. Several of his operas used librettos based on fairy tales and were first produced at Brunswick: ''Der Nachtwächter'' (1865), ''Loreley'' (1891), ''Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse'' (1904), ''Riquet mit dem Schopf'' (1907) and ''Der Waldschratt ''(1912).''Saint Foix'', a one-act opera, was given at Munich in 1894 and ''Der Meermann at Weimar'' in 1896; ''Der Vetter aus Bremen'' (1865), ''Augustin'' (1898) and ''Münchhausen'' (1896–8) were not perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberhard König
Eberhard König ( Grünberg 18 June 1871 - Berlin 26 December 1949) was a Silesian German writer and dramatist. Works *Libretto for the opera ''Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse'' by Hans Sommer 1904Deutsche Rundschau ''Deutsche Rundschau'' was a literary and political periodical established in 1874 by Julius Rodenberg. It strongly influenced German politics, German literature, literature and Culture of Germany, culture was considered one of the most successful ... Volumes 124-125 1905- Page 143 "Als Kunstwerk ungleich höher steht Hans Sommers Oper „Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neiße", selbst wenn man zugibt, daß es der eigentlich starken Wirkung entbehrt, und daß die Tertdichtung Eberhard Königs wesentliche Mängel hat." References 1871 births 1949 deaths {{Germany-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rübezahl
Rübezahl (, ; ) is a folkloric mountain spirit ( woodwose) of the Giant Mountains (, , hence his name in Czech and Polish), a mountain range along the border between Czechia and Poland. He is the subject of many legends and fairy tales in German, Polish, and Czech folklore. Name The origin of the name is not clear. One interpretation is from the story ''How Rübezahl Got his Name'' by Johann Karl August Musäus, which recounts how Rübezahl abducted a princess who liked turnips (, singular ''Rübe''). The princess gets very lonely there in the mountains. To keep her company, Rübezahl turns the turnips into her friends and acquaintances. As the turnips wilt after a little while, so do the persons that were created by Rübezahl's magic. The princess asks him to count (''zählen'') the turnips in the field. While he counted, she escaped. Following this explanation, some early English writers translated his name as "Number Nip" (that is, "turnip numberer"), including the 1911 En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staatstheater Braunschweig
The is a theatre company and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany, presenting and producing music theatre (opera, operetta, musical), Tanztheater, theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences and concerts. The is owned by the State of Lower Saxony. History The earliest incarnation of the Staatstheater Braunschweig was the '' Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt'' in Braunschweig, founded in 1690 by Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Theatre works such as ''Emilia Galotti'' by Lessing and Goethe's ''Faust'' had their first openings in Braunschweig. Gallery Braunschweig Luftaufnahme Staatstheater (2011).JPG, Aerial view Braunschweig Staatstheater Foyer.jpg, Foyer of "Great House" Braunschweig Staatstheater Zuschauerraum.jpg, Auditorium of "Great House" Braunschweig Kleines Haus.jpg, "Little House" Opernhaus Braunschweig.jpg, Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt BS Theater um 1860 Stahl.jpg, State Theatre in 1860 Intendants * 1925–29: Ludwig Neubeck * 1929–33: Thur Himmighoffen * 1933� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braunschweig
Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( ; from Low German , local dialect: ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller (Germany), Aller and Weser. In 2024, it had a population of 272,417. The Braunschweig-Wolfsburg-Salzgitter region had 1.02 million residents including the cities Wolfsburg and Salzgitter, it is the second largest urban center in Lower Saxony after Hanover. The urban agglomeration of Braunschweig had a population of 551,000 with almost 45% having a migration background, making it the most diverse urban agglomeration in the whole Niedersachsen, state. The city consists of 37.5% immigrants (approximately 102,000) with a high amount of migrants coming from other European countries, Asia and Africa. 73% of the Germans residing in Braunschweig come from different parts of the country, particularly North Rhine West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großes Sängerlexikon
''Großes Sängerlexikon'' (''Biographical Dictionary of Singers'', literally: Large singers' lexicon) is a single-field dictionary of singers in classical music, edited by Karl-Josef Kutsch and Leo Riemens and first published in 1987. The first edition was in two volumes and contained the biographies of nearly 7000 singers from the 1590s through the 1980s. It grew out of ''Unvergängliche Stimmen. Kleines Sängerlexikon'' (Immortal voices. Small singers' lexicon), published in 1962, which covered only singers who had made recordings. A 1992 review in ''Neue Zeitschrift für Musik'' described the ''Großes Sängerlexikon'' as "indispensable in the search for concise background information about those persons who are undoubtedly the most important to the performance of opera."Arndt, Michael (1992). "Reviewed Work: ''Großes Sängerlexikon Ergänzungsband'' by Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens". ''Neue Zeitschrift für Musik'', Vol. 153, No. 9, p. 50. , 26 March 2019 . The fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl-Josef Kutsch
Karl-Josef Kutsch, also known as K. J. Kutsch, (born 11 May 1924) is a German physician and music biographer. With the Dutch musicologist Leo Riemens he co-authored the ''Großes Sängerlexikon'', the standard reference for opera singers. Life and work Born in Gangelt, Kutsch studied medicine, was drafted and participated as a soldier in the Russia campaign of the Second World War. He then completed his studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt in 1948. He practised as a physician from 1952 to 1989 in his hometown, together with his wife. A street in Gangelt is named after him. From the 1950s, Kutsch built a collection of records and singers' biographies. Together with the Dutch musicologist Leo Riemens, he published a small biographical dictionary of singers in 1962 under the title ''Unvergängliche Stimmen'' (''Immortal Voices'').Jan David Schmitz"''Sängerlexikon'' CD-ROM" hsozkult.de In 1975 the work was revised as ''Unvergängliche Stimmen / Sängerlexikon'', which was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Riemens
Leonardus Antony Marinus Riemens (3 December 1910 – 3 April 1985) was a Dutch musicologist and cultural journalist. He wrote a book about Maria Callas, and together with Karl-Josef Kutsch began a reference book about opera singers in 1962, which grew to ''Großes Sängerlexikon'', the standard reference in the field. Background and career Born in Zevenbergen, Riemens grew up in a family of physicians in Amsterdam. He studied musicology in Amsterdam and worked from 1931 as a feature editor for the newspaper '. Later he was a member of the extreme-right NSB. During the Second World War he worked for the nazified ''Nederlandsche Omroep''. From 1954 to 1976 he was an opera and television critic for the newspaper ''De Telegraaf''. Riemens published numerous articles in the professional journals ''Opera'', ', ''Gramophone'' and ''Opera News''. He wrote an opera guide and a biography about Maria Callas. At Radio Hilversum he designed the series ''Uren der Zangkunst''. Riemens own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Rundschau
''Deutsche Rundschau'' was a literary and political periodical established in 1874 by Julius Rodenberg. It strongly influenced German politics, German literature, literature and Culture of Germany, culture was considered one of the most successful launches of periodicals in Germany. Among its authors were Theodor Fontane ''(Effi Briest)'', Paul Heyse, Theodor Storm (''Der Schimmelreiter, The Dykemaster''), Gottfried Keller and Ernst Robert Curtius. Richard Moritz Meyer, a German literature historian, described ''Deutsche Rundschau'' as the printed university. It was circulated, with interruptions during the Nazi Germany, Nazi era, until 1964. History After Rodenberg's death, Bruno Hake took over as publisher, followed in 1919 by Rudolf Pechel. Until World War II, the ''Deutsche Rundschau'' was the mouthpiece of the Young Conservatives, and later of the conservative opponents of the Nazis. In 1942, Pechel was imprisoned and the periodical banned. Four years later, ''Deutsche Rundsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operas
Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor. Although musical theatre is closely related to opera, the two are considered to be distinct from one another. Opera is a key part of Western classical music, and Italian tradition in particular. Originally understood as an entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include numerous genres, including some that include spoken dialogue such as ''Singspiel'' and ''Opéra comique''. In traditional number opera, si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
