Das lange Weihnachtsmahl (Hindemith, Paul)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act
Composition Year 1960-61 (1960 May ca. - 1961 May)
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; German language

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 Complete Score
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Language English / German
Translator Composer, German text
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No. 5175, 1961. Plate B.S.S. 40589.
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General Information

Work Title Das lange Weihnachtsmahl
Alternative. Title The long Christmas Dinner ; Oper in einem Akt Text von Thornton Wilder Deutsche Fassung von Paul Hindemith
Composer Hindemith, Paul
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1960-61 (1960 May ca. - 1961 May)
First Performance. 1961/12/17 in Mannheim, Nationaltheater
Paul Hindemith (director)
Hans Schüler (staging)
Paul Walter (sets)
Gerda Schulte (costumes)
Elisabeth Thoma (Mother Bayard)
Eva-Maria Molnar (Lucia)
Gertrud Schretter-Petersik (Geneviève)
Petrina Kruse (Leonora)
Erika Ahsbahs (Aunt Ermengarde)
Harriet Karlsond (Lucia II)
Thomas Tipton (Roderick)
Jean Cox (Charles)
Frederick Dalberg (Cousin Brandon)
Georg Völker (Sam)
William Blankenship (Roderick II)
First Publication. 1961 (Vocal Score)
1986 (Full Score: SW I/11)
Librettist Thornton Wilder (1895–1975)
Language English, German
Average DurationAvg. Duration 60 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Lucia I (soprano)
Lucia II (soprano)
Mother Bayard (alto)
Roderick I (baritone)
Roderick II (tenor)
Brandon (bass)
Charles (tenor)
Geneviève (mezzo-soprano)
Leonora (high soprano)
Ermengarde (alto)
Sam (high baritone)

Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon,
horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba,
percussion (2 players): snare drum, tambourine, bells, bass drum, glockenspiel,
6 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 3 double basses
External Links Wikipedia article
Hindemith Foundation (Wayback Machine)
Extra Information Second Performance: 1963 in New York at the Juillard School of Music, Paul Hindemith (director/conductor)
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