Cardillac
Sign in to saveCardillac, Op. 39, is an opera by Paul Hindemith in three acts and four scenes. Ferdinand Lion wrote the libretto based on characters from the short story Das Fräulein von Scuderi by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
Key facts
- Opera.name
- Cardillac
- Opera.composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Opera.image
- Paul Hindemith 1923.jpg
- Opera.caption
- The composer in 1923
- Opera.librettist
- Ferdinand Lion
- Opera.language
- German
- Opera.premiere_location
- Staatsoper, Dresden
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- Act 3
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Cardillac, Op. 39, is an opera by Paul Hindemith in three acts and four scenes. Ferdinand Lion wrote the libretto based on characters from the short story Das Fräulein von Scuderi by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
==Performance history== The first performance was at the Staatsoper, Dresden, on 9 November 1926. It was promptly performed throughout Germany. The opera's Italian premiere took place in 1948 at the Venice Biennale as part of the Venice Festival of Contemporary Music XI.
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