Opera in the Repertoire · Modern
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern
premiered 1997 · at Hamburg State Opera
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (The girl with the matches), subtitled Musik mit Bildern (Music with images) is an opera in two parts by Helmut Lachenmann. He also wrote the libretto based on Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Match Girl", and added texts by Leonardo da Vinci, Gudrun Ensslin, Ernst Toller and Friedrich Nietzsche. It was premiered at the Hamburg State Opera on 26 January 1997.
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