Originale

Originale
Music theatre with Kontakte by
The composer in 1957
Catalogue12⅔
Performed1961 (1961)

Originale (Originals, or "Real Characters"), musical theatre with Kontakte, is a music theatre work by the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, written in collaboration with the artist Mary Bauermeister. It was first performed in 1961 in Cologne, and is given the work number 12⅔ in Stockhausen's catalogue of works.