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Cardillac

Music by Paul Hindemith · libretto by Ferdinand Lion · premiered 1926 · at Semperoper

Cardillac, Op. 39, is an opera by Paul Hindemith in three acts and four scenes. Ferdinand Lion wrote the libretto based on characters from the short story Das Fräulein von Scuderi by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

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Paul Hindemith is the composer of record for this opera.

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