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Das Marchen von der schbnen Lilie

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The legend of the Fair Lily
Opera in two acts Text by GOETHE
Music by GISELHER KLEBE
Giselher Klebe , a 44-year-old pupil of Boris Blacher and one of the liveliest minds in musical Germany today, has a number of impressive operas to his credit. This one, his latest, had its premiere at this year's Schwetzingen Festival.
It takes its text from Goethe's
Das Marchen , a fairy tale so overladen with symbolism that it baffled even Goethe's contemporaries.
(first broadcast in this country: sung in German)
SOUTH GERMAN RADIO CHORUS chorus-master
HERMANN JOSEF DAHMEN SOUTH GERMAN RADIO
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by HANS ZENDER
The action takes place in legendary times. Act 1 Scene 1 A rocky gorge with a river
Scene 2 An underground temple Scene 3 Inside a cottage Scene 4 The rocky gorge

Contributors

Music By:
Giselher Klebe
Music By:
Giselher Klebe
Unknown:
Boris Blacher
Unknown:
Das Marchen
Chorus-Master:
Hermann Josef Dahmen
Conducted By:
Hans Zender
Source: Radio Times

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