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- Year of composition: 1945
- Work category: Opera
- Text author: Natanael Berg after the tragedy 'Genoveva' (1843) by Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863). German translation by Fritz Tutenberg (1902-1967)
- First performed: 25 October, 1947 at the Kungliga Teatern [Royal Theatre/Opera]
Erik Sundquist (Greve Siegfried [Count Siegfried]), Lilly Furlin (Genoveva), Gösta Björling (Golo), Georg Svedenbrant (Balthasar), Anders Näslund (Drago), Leon Björker (Kaspar), Folke Jonsson (Hans), Gunnar Källsing (Klaus), Hugo Hasslo (En målare [A Painter]), Margareta Bergström (Katarina, Golos amma [Golo’s Wet nurse]), Göta Allard (Margareta, hennes syster [Her Sister]), Åke Collett (Eugen), Mariane Orlando (Smärterik, Genovevas son [Genoveva’s son]), Sven-Erik Jacobsson (En hövitsman [A General]).
Kungliga Hovkapellet [the Orchestra of the Royal Opera]. Members of the Kungliga Baletten [The Royal Swedish Ballet]. Conductor: Herbert Sandberg - Duration: Approx. 120-180 min
- Detailed duration: 2 hours 50 minutes ((according to the programme from the premiere; probably including interval/-s)
Instrumentation
3*.3*.3*.3*. / 4.2.3.1 / timp, perc / str
picc, cor angl, bass clar, dbn
Solo voices/choir
Solo voices: 1 soprano (Genoveva), 1 boy or girl soprano (Smärterik, 7 years old), 2 mezzo-sopranos (Katarina, Margareta), 1 tenor (Golo), 5 baritones (Siegfried, Balthasar, Drago, The Painter, …
Examples of printed editions
The libretto is available at Musik- och teaterbiblioteket, location mark C 9524:3 (online catalogue)
Location for score and part material
Score, piano reduction, and parts are available at Stim/Svensk musik
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Score and piano reduction in autograph can ba found in the Natanael Berg deposition
Literature
Ralf, Klas: Kungliga teatern. Repertoar 1773-1973 [The Royal Theatre/Opera. Repertoire 1773-1973; in Swedish, only]. Stockholm (1974)
Description of work
Act 1
Sal i greve Siegfrieds slott, Pfalz. 700-talet [A great hall in Count Siegfried’s castle, The Palatinate (Pfalz). 8th Century].
Första tablån [First scene]. Siegfried, hövitsmännen [The …
Links
Score example (10 pages) available at Stim/Svensk musik
Libretto/text
Så friskt och kallt, en aning som av frost ... (Siegfried)