The opera was composed at the end of 1928 (finished on the first day of 1929), and was premiered at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt on 1 February 1930, with William Steinberg conducting Herbert Graf's production. It was the first twelve-tone opera, and Schoenberg's only comedy. The libretto may indeed be a contemporary comedy of manners, but the music is complex, the angular vocal-lines and large orchestra creating a frightening whirlwind of fury. Schoenberg wrote: "I have proved in my operas Von heute auf morgen and Moses und Aron that every expression and characterization can be produced with the style of free dissonance".
Librettist | Gertrud Schoenberg |
Date of composition | 1928 |
Premiered | 1930, February 1st in Frankfurt, Germany |
First published | Schott |
Type | Opera |
Tonality | Twelve-tone |
Catalogue | Op. 32 |
Approx. duration | 53 minutes |
Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Die Frau / The Wife
Voice (Soprano) - Die Freundin / The Friend Voice (Tenor) - Der Sänger / The Singer Voice (Baritone) - Der Mann / The Husband Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - The Child |
Autotranslations beta |
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