• Joy of Music – Over 250 years of quality, innovation, and tradition
Lieferzeit
2-3 Tage
Hire/performance material

Die Bürgschaft

(The Pledge)
opera in three acts
Edition: Performance material

Product Details

Orchestral Cast

2(both pic).2.2.2(cbsn)-0.3(2corn).2.1-timp.perc-2pno-str

Cast

Johann Mattes · dramatic baritone - his wife Anne Mattes · mezzo soprano - his daughter Luise · soprano - David Orth · high bass - his son Jakob Orth · tenor - Judge · tenor - Ellis, the Commissar · tenor - His Aide · tenor - three creditors (tenor, baritone, bass) in subsequent roles of highwaymen, blackmailers, bailiffs and agents - Scribe · tenor - Herald · tenor - large and small SATB choruses - male chorus

More Information

Title:
Die Bürgschaft
(The Pledge)
opera in three acts
libretto by Caspar Neher and Kurt Weill
after Johann Gottfried von Herder's "Der afrikanische Rechtspruch"
Language:
German
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
European American Music Corporation · Universal Edition
Year of composition:
1931
Duration:
210 ′
World Premiere:
March 10, 1932 · Berlin (D)
Städtische Oper
Conductor: Fritz Stiedry
Original staging: Carl Ebert
(scenic)

Technical Details

Product number:
LEA 26163-01
Delivery rights:
Distribution rights for USA and British Reversionary Territories except UK

Performances

Set Ascending Direction
  • Die Bürgschaft
    Conductor: Fritz Stiedry
    March 10, 1932 | Berlin (Germany) , Städtische Oper — World Premiere
  • Set Ascending Direction

    Reviews

    Be the first to review this product.