Opera in the Repertoire · Modern
Der Goggolori
libretto by Michael Ende · premiered 1985
Der Goggolori is a children's opera in eight scenes and an epilogue by Wilfried Hiller to a German libretto by Michael Ende. The work was dedicated to Carl Orff; it was first performed on 3 February 1985 at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich. It is based on Bavarian folk tale about conflict between Paganism and Christianity, set at the time of the Thirty Years' War.
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