Arthur Kusterer

Arthur Kusterer (14 June 1898 – 23 December 1967 in Altensteig) was a German composer and conductor. His best-known work is his opera adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Arthur Kusterer (1945)

Life

Born in Karlsruhe, Kusterer attended the Badisches Konservatorium there, which was founded in 1884. He later worked as a pianist and répétiteur at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Until 1936, he lived as a freelance composer in his home town and had success on "many German stages" with Spielopers such as Was ihr wollt and Diener zweier Herren.[1] On 16 August 1945, at the reopening of the Friedenau Theatre in Rheinstraße in Berlin, Kusterer conducted Rossini's The Barber of Seville.[2]

Work
  • Der kleine Klaus und der große Klaus, opera after Andersen. (1927)
  • Was ihr wollt, opera after Shakespeare. (1932 in Dresden)
  • Diener zweier Herren, three acts opera after Goldoni. (1936 in Freiburg)
  • Katarina, Opera. (premiere 1939 in Berlin)
  • Gloriolus, komische Opera in zwei Akten nach Miles Gloriosus by Plautus. (composed in 1955–61.)
  • Konzert für Streichorchester. (1950 bei den Ludwigsburger Festspielen)

Further reading
  • Joachim Draheim: Arthur Kusterer (1898–1967): Biographie und Werkverzeichnis. Süddeutscher Musikverlag W. Müller, Heidelberg 1983.

References
  1. Joachim Draheim: Karlsruher Musikgeschichte. Info-Verlag, Karlsruhe 2004, p. 45. ISBN 3-88190-357-7.
  2. Ursula Heukenkamp: Unterm Notdach: Nachkriegsliteratur in Berlin 1945–1949. Erich Schmidt, Berlin 1996, p. 461. ISBN 3-503-03736-5.
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