Chlestakows Wiederkehr

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Operas by Giselher Klebe

Die Räuber (1957)
Die tödlichen Wünsche (1959)
Die Ermordung Cäsars (1959)
Alkmene (1961)
Figaro lässt sich scheiden (1963)
Jacobowsky und der Oberst (1965)
Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie (1969)
Ein wahrer Held (1975)
Das Mädchen aus Domrémy (1976)
Das Rendezvous (1973)
Der Jüngste Tag (1980)
Die Fastnachtsbeichte (1983)
Gervaise Macquart (1995)
Chlestakows Wiederkehr (2008)
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Chlestakows Wiederkehr, op.149, (Khlestakov's Return) is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe. He also wrote the libretto, based on the play Der Revisor (The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol. The work lasts about 70 minutes.

The opera premiered on 11 April 2008 at the Landestheater Detmold, Germany. It is Klebe's first comedic opera. His adaptation of the text is only loosely based on Gogol and adds a significant twist in the final scene.

Role Voice type Premiere cast, 11 April 2008[1]
Conductor: Erich Wächter
Anton Antonowitsch Swosnik,
Town Governor		 baritone Andreas Jören
Ammos Fjordorowitsch Ljapkin,
Judge		 tenor Byoung Oh Kim
Luka Lukitsch,
School Inspector		 baritone Joachim Goltz
Artemij Filipowitsch Semljnanika,
Superintendent for the Homeless and the Old		 bass Vladimir Miakotine
Iwan Kusmitsch Schpekin,
Post Master		 tenor Snorri Wium
Natascha Andrejewna,
Town Governor's wife		 mezzo-soprano Brigitte Bauma
Olga Antonowna,
Town Governor's daughter)		 soprano Kirsten Höner zu Siederdissen
Iwan Alexandrowitsch Chlestakow,
a young man from Petersburg		 tenor Johannes Harten
Ossip,
Chlestakow's servant		 tenor Markus Gruber
Mischka,
the Town Governor's servant		 Kevin Dickmann
Stephan Iwanowitsch Koropkin,
Innkeeper
Policeman spoken role
Director Kay Metzger
Stage & Costume Design Petra Mollérus
Dramaturgy Elisabeth Wirtz

The role names above are spelled as in the German text.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Besetzung für Chlestakows Wiederkehr (Cast for Khlestakov's Return). Landestheater Detmold. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.

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