Albert warum?
composer: Enjott Schneider
librettist: Josef Roedl
Kammeroper für sieben Sänger, neun Instrumentalisten und Zuspielelektronik ad lib.
Libretto von Josef Rödl nach seinem gleichnamigen Film
Premiere: January 20, 1999 Regensburg, Theater (D) · Conductor: Rudolf Piehlmayer · Staging: Josef Rödl · Costumes: Klaus Caspers · Stage design: Klaus Caspers
Orchestra instrumentation: 1 (auch Picc.) · 0 · 1 (auch Bassklar.) · 0 - 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 - S. (Vibr. · Crot. · Trgl. · Beck. · Tamt. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr · Standtr. · Tempelbl. · Tomt. · Clav.) (1 Spieler) - Hfe. · Akk. - Str. (Quintett oder chorisch [bis max. 12 · 10 · 8 · 6 · 3])
Cast of characters: Albert · drei Erscheinungsbilder: 1) ein Schauspieler mit Sprechstimme, 2) ein jugendlicher Tenor (lyrisch), 3) ein Knabensopran - Vater · Bass-Bariton - Hans · Bariton - Anna · Sopran - der Mann · Bariton - die Frau · Mezzosopran
Publisher: Vertrieb durch Schott Music, Mainz / distributed by Schott Music, Mainz
Duration: 120' 0''
Year of composition: 1998
Language: German
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The chamber opera Albert – warum? takes us to a remote village and describes the martyrdom of the “village idiot” Albert. The certainties of his life break down during the play: his father throws him out of his home, his mother dies, his childhood sweetheart Anna falls in love with someone else, the people of the village mock him and abuse him every time he tries to assert himself. In the end death is the only way he can escape and find peace: Albert hangs himself in the graveyard.
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