Chlestakows Wiederkehr
Music by Giselher Klebe · libretto by Giselher Klebe · premiered 2008
Chlestakows Wiederkehr, op. 149, (Khlestakov's Return) is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe. He also wrote the libretto, based on the play Der Revisor (The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol. The work lasts about 70 minutes. The opera premiered on 11 April 2008 at the Landestheater Detmold, Germany. It is Klebe's only comedic opera. His adaptation of the text is only loosely based on Gogol and adds a significant twist in the final scene.
The role names above are spelled as in the German text.
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About the Composer
Giselher Wolfgang Klebe (28 June 1925 – 5 October 2009) was a German composer, and an academic teacher. He composed more than 140 works, among them 14 operas, all based on literary works, eight symphonies, 15 solo concerts, chamber music, piano works, and sacred music.
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Other Operas by Giselher Klebe
- Ein wahrer Held (1907)
- Die Räuber (1957)
- Die Ermordung Cäsars (1959)
- Die tödlichen Wünsche (1959)
- Alkmene (1961)
- Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie (1969)
- Das Mädchen aus Domrémy (1976)
- Das Rendezvous (1977)