Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op.65 (Strauss, Richard)

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Publisher Info. New York: London Records, 1957. A4505.
Performers Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra)
Wiener Staatsopernchor (chorus)
Karl Böhm (conductor)
Emperor: Hans Hopf (tenor)
Empress: Leonie Rysanek (soprano)
Nurse: Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo-soprano)
Barak: Paul Schöffler (bass-baritone)
Barak's wife: Christel Goltz (dramatic soprano)
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Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1919. Plate A. 7500 F.
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Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1919. Plate A. 7500 F.
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Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1916/1919. Plate A. 7501 F.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A8188.
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Arranger Otto Singer (1863-1931), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1919. Plate A. 7503 F.
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Arranger Otto Singer (1863-1931), piano reduction
Language German
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1919. Plate A. 7503 F.
Reprinted London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1943. Plate B. & H. 17591.
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General Information

Work Title Die Frau ohne Schatten
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Kobieta bez cienia; Женщина без тени; 그림자 없는 여인; La mujer sin sombra; Жінка без тіні; La donna senz'ombra; 影の無い女; 沒有影子的女人; 没有影子的女人; Žena beze stínu
Name Aliases La dona sense ombra; A Mulher sem Sombra; La Femme sans ombre; 그림자없는 여인; Frau ohne Schatten; 影のない女; Kvinnan utan skugga; 無影子的女人
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 186304892; GND: 300156537; BNF: 13919899m
Composer Strauss, Richard
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.65 ; TrV 234
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IRS 28
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1914-17
First Performance. 1919-10-10 in Vienna, Vienna Staatsoper
Franz Schalk (conductor)
First Publication. 1919
Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929)
Language German
Average DurationAvg. Duration 210 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
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Cast
The Emperor: (tenor)
The Empress, Keikobad's daughter (high dramatic soprano)
The Nurse, The Empress's guardian (dramatic mezzo-soprano)
The Messenger of Keikobad (high baritone)
The Guardian of the Threshold of the Temple (soprano or countertenor)
The Apparition of a Youth (high tenor)
The Voice of a Falcon (soprano)
A Voice from Above (contralto)
Barak, the Dyer (bass-baritone)
The Dyer's Wife (high dramatic soprano)
The One-eyed Man, Barak's brother (high bass)
The One-Armed Man, Barak's brother (bass)
The Hunchback, Barak's brother (high tenor)
Voices of Six Unborn Children (3 sopranos, 3 contraltos or baritones)
Voices of Three Town Watchmen (3 baritones or basses)

Chorus (SATB)

Servants of the Empress, other children and beggar-children,
spirit-servants and attendant spirit-voices

Pit-Orchestra

4 flutes (3rd and 4th also piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also English horn), piccolo clarinet, 2 clarinets,
basset-horn (also clarinet 3), bass clarinet (also clarinet 4), 4 bassoons (4th also contrabassoon)
8 horns (5-8 also Wagner tuba), 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba
timpani (4), percussion:
(musical glasses, 5 Chinese gongs, cymbals, snare drum, rute, sleigh bells, bass drum, tenor drum, big field drum, triangle, tambourine, 2 castanets, tamtam, whip (slapstick), xylophone, glockenspiel, bells)
2 celestas, 2 harps, strings (16-16-6+6-6+6-8)

Onstage Instruments*

2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon
horn, 6 trumpets, 6 trombones
wind machine, thunder machine, 4 tam-tams, organ
  • On-stage woodwinds and horn may play in pit if necessary. Two of the on-stage trumpets move to the pit for Act III, thus a total of 10 trumpets is required.
Related Works Sinfonische Fantasie aus 'Die Frau ohne Schatten'
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