THE BLACK MASK : Oper in One Act Based on the Play of the Same Name By Gerhart Hauptmann : ENGLISH LIBRETTO

Krzysztof Penderecki; (English Translation By Michael Feingold)

Published by Schott, 1988

About this Item

BRAND NEW Copy w/trace shelf wear. English edition. Libretto of an opera in one act by Polish composer & conductor Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (1933 -) based on the play by Gerhart Hauptmann. 48 pgs. Set in winter, 1662, following the Thirty Years' War, in the remote village of Bolkenhain, Silesia. An exploration of the darker side of society of lechery, adultery, drunkenness, murder, greed, religious strife, blackmail and plague. First performed at the Salzburg Festival, 1986; andin America by the Santa Fe Opera, 1988. At one level, the opera is a simple dinner party; at another it is a society proclaiming peace while continually quarreling. And at its deepest level it symbolizes a civilization built upon the backs of others.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE BLACK MASK : Oper in One Act Based on the Play of the Same Name By Gerhart Hauptmann : ENGLISH LIBRETTO
• Publisher: Schott
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft Cover/Stapled
• Edition: First English Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Performing Arts, Plays, Opera, Dance, Music