Gervaise Macquart

Gervaise Macquart
Opera by Giselher Klebe
The composer in 2008
LibrettistLore Klebe
LanguageGerman
Based onL'Assommoir
by Émile Zola
Premiere
10 November 1995 (1995-11-10)

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 [de]) 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]

  1. ^ "Biografie & Werkverzeichnis – 1995", giselherklebe.de
  2. ^ "Composers – Works: Gieselher Klebe (*1925)" at euro-opera.de (in German)
  3. ^ "From around the world: Düsseldorf" by Anne Midgette, Opera News, January 20, 1996, Metropolitan Opera Archived June 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Killebrew, Gwendolyn". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. pp. 2378–2279. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.