Gervaise Macquart | |
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Opera by Giselher Klebe | |
Librettist | Lore Klebe |
Language | German |
Based on | L'Assommoir by Émile Zola |
Premiere | 10 November 1995 Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf |
Gervaise Macquart, Op. 119, is an opera in two acts by Giselher Klebe. His wife, Lore Klebe, wrote the libretto based on the novel L'Assommoir (in German: Der Totschläger ) by Émile Zola.
The opera premiered on 10 November 1995 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany, under the direction of August Everding, conducted by János Kulka,[1] with Marta Marquez in the title role, Martha Mödl as Bazouga, Markus Müller as Lantier,[2][3] and Gwendolyn Killebrew as Madame Goujet.[4]