Venus_und_Adonis

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Venus und Adonis

Opera by Hans Werner Henze

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Venus und Adonis is a one-act opera by Hans Werner Henze with a German libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel, after the poem by William Shakespeare. The work uses singers and dancers.

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It was first performed by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich on 11 January 1997.[1] The American première was at the Santa Fe Opera in August 2000, staged by Alfred Kirchner, and the same production was used for the Canadian première, which took place in Toronto in 2001.[2] The Japanese premiere was given in concert form in Tokyo on 11 January 2001.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Chōki 1997, 18.
  2. [2]
    Brockmeier 2003.
  3. [3]
    "Venus und Adonis: Perfomances". Schott Music Group. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
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    "Venus und Adonis: Cast". Schott Music Group. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  5. [5]
    Casaglia 2005.

Sources

  • Brockmeier, Jens (2003). "Mythische Imagination in der Musik Hans Werner Henzes" [Mythical imagination in the music of Hans Werner Henze]. In Peter Petersen (ed.). Hans Werner Henze: Die Vorträge des internationalen Henze-Symposions am Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Hamburg 28. bis 30. Juni 2001. Hamburger Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft (in German). Vol. 20. Frankfurt, Berlin, Bern, Brussels, New York, Oxford, Vienna: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-51114-5.
  • Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Venus und Adonis, 11 January 1997". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  • Chōki, Seiji [長木誠司]. 1997. "Hentse no shinsaku opera Vinasu to Adonisu shoen" [The première of Henze's new opera Venus und Adonis]. Ongaku geijutsu (March): 18–56.

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