' ('Hattie is to blame for everything!'), Op. 11, is an opera in German in three acts composed by

Siegfried Wagner Siegfried Helferich Richard Wagner (6 June 18694 August 1930) was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was an opera composer and the artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival from 1908 to 1930. Life Siegfried Wagner ...

in 1914/15 to his own

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

. It is described as a ''Märchenspiel'' or

fairy-tale A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the Folklore, folklore genre. Such stories typically feature Magic (supernatural), magic, Incantation, e ...

play. It premiered on 6 December 1917 at the Ccourt Theatre Stuttgart.

History

Siegfried Wagner, the son of

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

, composed several operas on fairy tale and legendary topics. He began the composition of ''An allem ist Hütchen schuld!'' in September 1914. He finished a draft for the first act on 22 September and its score in November that year, a draft for the second act on 10 January 1915 and its score on 12 April, and the draft for the third act on 11 June, completing the opera on 26 August 1915. He wrote the libretto based on several episodes from fairy-tales by the

Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob Grimm, Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm (1786–1859), were Germans, German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of Oral tradit ...

. The premiere was at the Hoftheater Stuttgart on 6 December 1917, staged by Franz Ludwig Hörth and conducted by Erich Band. It was a success with the public comparable to his '' Der Bärenhäuter''. The opera was performed again in Halle in 1929, staged by Heinrich Kreutz and conducted again by Band. A production in Leipzig in 1939 was directed by in a stage set by Wieland Wagner and conducted by Gilbert of Gravina. A production in

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in 1944 was also shown in

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, directed by Wieland Wagner, conducted by Kurt Overhoff and with choreography by Gertrud Wagner. After World War II, the opera was not played. The first complete production was in 1997 at the Theater Hagen, staged by and conducted by Gerhard Markson. The opera was played once at the AudiMax of the

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on 18 October 2015, again staged by Pachl, with Lionel Friend conducting the Bochumer Symphoniker.

Roles

Fairy tales

Wagner used elements from many fairy tales in his libretto, including: * Frederick and Catherine (''Der Frieder und das Katherlieschen'') *

The Three Little Men in the Wood "The Three Little Men in the Wood" or "The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest" () is a German fairy tale collected in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 13). Andrew Lang included it in ''The Red Fairy Bo ...

(''Die drei Männlein im Walde'') * The Singing, Springing Lark (''Das singende springende Löweneckerchen'') * The Clever Little Tailor (''Vom klugen Schneiderlein'') *

The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 29). It falls under Aarne–Thompson classification types 461 ("three hairs from the devil"), and 930 ("prophecy that a poor boy will marry a ...

(''Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren'') * The Devil and his Grandmother (''Der Teufel und seine Großmutter'') * The Seven Ravens (''Die sieben Raben'') * Death's Messengers (''Die Boten des Todes'') * Godfather Death (''Der Gevatter Tod'') * The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack (''Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack'') * The Little Peasant (''Das Bürle'') *

Allerleirauh "Allerleirauh" () is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no. 65. Andrew Lang included it in '' The Green Fairy Book''. It is Aarne–Thompson folktale type 510B, u ...

* The Two Kings' Children (''De beiden Künigeskinner'') * The Iron Stove (''Der Eisenofen'') * The True Bride (''Die wahre Braut'') *

Rapunzel "Rapunzel" ( ; ; or ) is a German fairy tale most notably recorded by the Brothers Grimm and it was published in 1812 as part of '' Children's and Household Tales'' (KHM 12). The Grimms' story was developed from the French literary fairy tale ...

* The Two Brothers (''Die zwei Brüder'') * Little Claus and Big Claus (Der kleine Klaus und der große Klaus) by

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogue (literature), travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fai ...

Recordings

* ''An Allem ist Hütchen Schuld!'' Niklas Mix, Hans-Georg Priese, Rebecca Broberg, Alessandra di Giorgio, Maarja Purga, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, David Robert Coleman Marco Polo/Naxos 3CD 2022 * ''An Allem ist Hütchen Schuld!'', DVD Alexander Lueg, Hans-Georg Priese, Rebecca Broberg, Julia Ostertag, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend, Marco Polos/Naxos DVD 2019

References

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