Oberst Chabert
Oberst Chabert is an opera (described by the composer as a "musical tragedy in three acts") by Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen, loosely adapted by the composer from the novel Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac.
Performance history
Waltershausen completed the score in 1911, and the opera was given its premiere at Frankfurt am Main in January 1912. The premiere was a success, and the opera was performed two months later at the Kurfürstenoper in Berlin.[1] In the years before World War I, the opera was staged internationally, including at Covent Garden Opera House in April 1913.[2] The opera fell out of favor in the 1920s, but was revived for its one hundredth staging on 4 March 1933 at the Berlin City Opera.[1] After World War II, the opera was occasionally revived, but after Waltershausen's death in 1954, it fell into obscurity, along with the rest of Waltershausen's works. It was given a semi-staged performance at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in March 2010, with Jacques Lacombe conducting and Bo Skovhus singing the title role.[3] It was given a fully staged performance in Bonn in June 2018, with Lacombe again conducting.[4]
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References
- ^ a b Hanspeter Krellmann, 'Der Unauffällige: Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen und seiner Oper Oberst Chabert', CD booklet for cpo 777 619-2
- ^ "OBERST CHABERT SUNG.; Popular German Opera Sympathetically Received at Covent Garden". The New York Times. 25 April 1913. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Pachl, Peter P. (27 March 2010). "Von Waltershausens „Oberst Chabert" an der Deutschen Oper Berlin gefeiert". nmz. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
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