Ein wahrer Held
Music by Giselher Klebe · libretto by Lore Klebe · premiered 1975
Ein wahrer Held (A True Hero), Op. 69, is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe who with his wife, Lore Klebe, also wrote the libretto based on the 1907 play The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge. The opera premiered during the Zurich June Festival on 18 January 1975 at the Zurich Opera House, conducted by Ferdinand Leitner and directed by Imo Moszkowicz.
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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
- 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)
- Der Jüngste Tag (1980)