Opera in the Repertoire · Modern
Bluthochzeit
Music by Wolfgang Fortner · libretto by Wolfgang Fortner · premiered 1957
Bluthochzeit (Blood Wedding) is an opera (lyrische Tragödie) in two acts by Wolfgang Fortner. The libretto, also by Fortner, is based on Enrique Beck's German translation of García Lorca's 1933 play Bodas de sangre. It premiered at the Cologne Opera on 8 June 1957.
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About the Composer
Wolfgang Fortner is the composer of record for this opera.
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