Gli dei a Tebe
Music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari · premiered 1943
Gli dei a Tebe (The gods in Thebes) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari on a libretto by Mario Ghisalberti, performed for the first time at the Opernhaus in Hannover on 4 June 1943. The first performance used the translation of the libretto in German (Der Kuckuck in Theben) by Franz Rau. Ghisalberti had in turn derived the libretto from a work by the publisher Ludwig Strecker, who wrote librettos under the pseudonym Ludwig Andersen. After the performances in Hanover the opera was again performed in Stettin in September 1943, in Fribourg in February 1948, in Trier in May 1948. More recently there are reports of performances in Munich in 1964 and Berlin in 1965 and 1966.
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About the Composer
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) (12 January 1876 – 21 January 1948) was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as Il segreto di Susanna (1909). A number of his works were based on plays by Carlo Goldoni, including Le donne curiose (1903), I quatro rusteghi (1906) and Il campiello (1936).
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Other Operas by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
- I quatro rusteghi
- Il campiello (1756)
- Gli amanti sposi (1765)
- Il segreto di Susanna (1909)
- I gioielli della Madonna (1911)
- Das Himmelskleid (1927)