Jacobowsky und der Oberst (opera)

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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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Jacobowsky und der Oberst, op.49, (Jacobovsky and the Colonel) is an opera in four acts by Giselher Klebe; his wife, Lore Klebe, wrote the libretto based on the play of the same name by Franz Werfel. The subject had been brought to a wider audience through Peter Glenville’s film Me and the Colonel (1958).^[1]

It premiered on November 2, 1965 at the Hamburg State Opera. Klebe dedicated it to the composer and then director of the Staatsoper, Rolf Liebermann.

[edit] Roles

• Jacobowsky (baritone)
• Colonel Stjerbinsky (tenor)
• Marianne (soprano)
• Szabuniewicz (baritone)
• The tragic gentleman (baritone)
• Madame Bouffier (mezzo-soprano)
• Salomon (bass)
• The old lady from Arras (Contralto)
• The flirting woman (soprano)
• Chauffeur (bass)
• Clairon, café-owner in Saint Jean-De-Luz (bass)
• Brigadier at Saint Cyrill (bass)
• First Lieutenant in the German army (tenor)
• The dice player (bass)
• The wandering Jew (tenor)
• St. Francis (baritone)
• Chef D'ilot, also the police chief of Saint-Jean-de-Luz (spoken)
• A Gestapo official (spoken)
• Hotel and café guests (2 sopranos, contralto, tenor)

[edit] References

1. ^ Erik Levi: "Klebe, Giselher", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 2 April 2008), http://www.grovemusic.com

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