List of operas by Paul Hindemith

This is a list of operas by the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963).

List

TitleGenreSub­divisionsLibrettoPremière datePlace, theatre
Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauenopera1 actOskar Kokoschka4 June 1921Stuttgart, Staatstheater
Das Nusch-Nuschiopera1 actFranz Blei4 June 1921Stuttgart, Staatstheater
Sancta Susannaopera1 actAugust Stramm26 March 1922Frankfurt, Alte Oper
Cardillacopera3 actsFerdinand Lion after E. T. A. Hoffmann's Das Fräulein von Scuderi (revised by Hindemith, 1952)9 November 1926;
revised version: 20 June 1952
Dresden, Semperoper;
revised version: Zurich, Stadttheater
Hin und zurückSketch mit Musik1 sceneMarcellus Schiffer15 July 1927Baden-Baden, Theater der Stadt
Neues vom Tagelustige Oper3 partsMarcellus Schiffer (revised by Hindemith, 1954, and translated by Rinaldo Küfferle as Novità del giorno)8 June 1929;
revised version: 7 April 1954
Berlin, Kroll Opera House;
revised version: Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
Lehrstückmusic theatre work7 scenesBertolt Brecht28 July 1929Baden-Baden, Stadthalle
Wir bauen eine StadtSpiel für KinderRobert Seitz21 June 1930Berlin
Mathis der Maleropera7 scenescomposer28 May 1938Zurich
Die Harmonie der Weltopera5 actscomposer11 August 1957Munich, Prinzregententheater
The Long Christmas Dinneropera1 actThornton Wilder17 December 1961Mannheim, Mannheim National Theatre

References

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

Werkverzeichnis on the homepage of Fondation Hindemith: http://www.hindemith.info/leben-werk/werkverzeichnis

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