Jakob Lenz (opera)
1979 opera by Wolfgang Rihm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1979 opera by Wolfgang Rihm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jakob Lenz is a one-act chamber opera by Wolfgang Rihm, written 1977–78 to a libretto by Michael Fröhling after Georg Büchner's 1836 novella Lenz which in turn is based on an incident in the life of the German poet Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792).[1] Rihm dedicated the opera to his teacher, Eugen Werner Velte.[2]
| Jakob Lenz | |
|---|---|
| Chamber opera by Wolfgang Rihm | |
The composer in 2007 | |
| Librettist | Michael Fröhling |
| Language | German |
| Based on | Lenz (1836) by Georg Büchner |
| Premiere | |
Rihm received for Jakob Lenz the Beethoven Prize of the city of Bonn in 1980.[3]
The first performance was given at the Hamburg State Opera on 8 March 1979. It was first performed in the United States in 1981 at Indiana University and in New York at the Juilliard Theater in 1987.[4] The UK premiere was in 1987 at the Almeida Festival.[5] There was an English National Opera/Hampstead Theatre co-production at the Hampstead Theatre in London in April 2012, given in celebration of the 60th birthday of the composer. It was directed by Sam Brown, and conducted by Alexander Ingram, with Andrew Shore in the leading role.[6][5]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 8 March 1979[7] Conductor: Klauspeter Seibel |
|---|---|---|
| Lenz | baritone | Richard Salter |
| Pastor Oberlin | bass | Ude Krekow |
| Kaufmann | tenor | Peter Haage |
| Chorus of six solo voices (2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 basses), 2 or 4 children sopranos[a] | ||
The opera is scored for 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), bassoon (doubling contrabassoon), trumpet, trombone, 3 cellos, harpsichord, percussion.[2]
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