Melusine (Reimann)

Melusine
Opera by Aribert Reimann
The composer in 2010
LibrettistClaus H. Henneberg
LanguageGerman
Based onMelusine
by Yvan Goll
Premiere
29 April 1971 (29 April 1971)

Melusine is a 1971 German-language opera by Aribert Reimann, on a libretto by Claus H. Henneberg after Melusine, a 1920 play in four acts by Yvan Goll which transposes the legendary water-spirit to Goll's time. The opera was written for the Schwetzingen Festival, where it premiered in 1971. It was recorded in 2010.