Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen

Template:Hindemith operas Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, Hope of Women) is an opera in one act by Paul Hindemith, with a German libretto by Oskar Kokoschka based on his play written in 1907.

It was the first in a triptych of expressionist influenced one-act operas, the others being Das Nusch-Nuschi (1921), and Sancta Susanna (1922).

Performance history

It was first performed on 4 June 1921, at the Landestheater, Stuttgart under Fritz Busch.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 4 June 1921 (Conductor: Fritz Busch)
Man	baritone	Theodor Scheidl
Woman	soprano	Erna Ellmenreich
First maid	soprano
Second maid	soprano
Third maid	contralto
First soldier	tenor
Second soldier	tenor
Third soldier	bass

References

Notes

Sources

• Skelton, Geoffrey (1992), 'Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7