Gervaise Macquart

Gervaise Macquart
Opera by Giselher Klebe
The composer in 2008
Librettist	Lore Klebe
Language	German
Based on	L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
Premiere	10 November 1995 (1995-11-10) Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

Gervaise Macquart, Op. 119, is an opera in two acts by Giselher Klebe. His wife, Lore Klebe, wrote the libretto based on the novel L'Assommoir (in German: Der Totschläger [de]) by Émile Zola.

The opera premiered on 10 November 1995 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany, under the direction of August Everding, conducted by János Kulka,^[1] with Marta Marquez in the title role, Martha Mödl as Bazouga, Markus Müller as Lantier,^[2][3] and Gwendolyn Killebrew as Madame Goujet.^[4]

1. ^ "Biografie & Werkverzeichnis – 1995", giselherklebe.de
2. ^ "Composers – Works: Gieselher Klebe (*1925)" at euro-opera.de (in German)
3. ^ "From around the world: Düsseldorf" by Anne Midgette, Opera News, January 20, 1996, Metropolitan Opera Archived June 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Killebrew, Gwendolyn". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. pp. 2378–2279. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.

• Eleonore Büning: "Gefärbtes Wasser", Die Zeit (47/1995) (in German)

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