Dornröschen

Dornröschen (Sleeping Beauty) is a 1902 opera by Engelbert Humperdinck. The libretto, based on the story of Sleeping Beauty, was by fairy tale writer Elisabeth Ebeling[1] and Bertha Lehrmann-Filhés, mother of Rudolf Lehmann-Filhés, with a dialogue version by Ralf Eger who worked on Franz Lehár's operettas such as Der Zarewitsch.

Premiere

Dornröschen premiered on 11 December 1902 at the Stadttheater in Frankfurt-am-Main, with Humperdinck conducting.[2]

Principal roles with premiere cast members:

Role Premiere cast
Dornröschen Hedwig Schacko
Dämonia Pelagie Greef-Andriessen
Prince Reinhold Heinrich Hensel
Kellrmeister Alfred Hauck
Tellermeister Hermann Schramm
Patin Beatrix Kernic

Recordings

Complete opera

Incidental music

References

  1. Jarvis, Shawn C.; Blackwell, Jeannine (2001). The Queen's Mirror: Fairy Tales by German Women, 1780–1900. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 241. ISBN 0-8032-1299-2. Elisabeth Ebeling was an extremely prolific writer of fairy tale literature, including plays, novellas, poems, and anthologies. Little is known about her life: the daughter of a merchant family, she traveled extensively in Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, and ...
  2. Parsons, Charles H. (1992). Mellen Opera Reference Index, Volume 13: Opera Premieres: An Index of Casts: A - L. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. p. 604. ISBN 0-88946-412-X.
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