Das Schloß Dürande (opera)

Das Schloß Dürande op.53 is an opera by Othmar Schoeck to a libretto by Hermann Burte based on the novel by Joseph von Eichendorff.[1] A commission for Berlin by Werner Reinhart the libretto was heavily weighted with the Nazi ideology of the librettist Bunte, putting the composer in conflict with his own Swiss nationalist feelings. Theater Bern staged a reworking of the music to a new libretto by Francesco Micieli on Eichendorff's novel in 2018.[2]

Recordings
  • Das Schloß Dürande, op.53 Maria Cebotari, Peter Anders, Josef Greindl, Ret Berglund, Marta Fuchs, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Robert Heger 1943
  • Das Schloss Dürande, Op. 53 Chorus, Konzert Theater Bern, Berner Symphonieorchester Mario Venzago Claves 2018[3]
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References
  1. Chris Walton Othmar Schoeck: Life and Works 2009 - Page 261 1580463002 Das Schloss Dürande is a wonderful score. While it is not Schoeck's finest, it is arguably the one that has the richest palette of musical invention. But its libretto is so drenched in Nazisms that it will in future at best be heard only in concert or on ...
  2. Wie befreit man eine Oper vom Gedankengut der Nazis? Othmar Schoecks späte Eichendorff-Oper "Das Schloss Dürande", uraufgeführt 1943 in Berlin, hatte wegen ihres politisch fragwürdigen Librettos nie eine Chance. Jetzt will das Theater in Bern die Musik mithilfe eines neuen Textbuchs retten.
  3. Politisches Biedermeier aus zweiter Hand Das Theater Bern versucht Othmar Schoecks letzte Oper, «Das Schloss Dürande», mit einer Neufassung zu retten. Das Ergebnis gibt in vieler Hinsicht zu denken.
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