Chlestakows Wiederkehr

Chlestakows Wiederkehr, op. 149, (Khlestakov's Return) is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe. He also wrote the libretto, based on the play Der Revisor (The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol. The work lasts about 70 minutes.

Chlestakows Wiederkehr
Opera by Giselher Klebe
The composer in 2008
TranslationKhlestakov's Return
LibrettistKlebe
LanguageGerman
Based onThe Government Inspector
by Gogol
Premiere
11 April 2008 (2008-04-11)

The opera premiered on 11 April 2008 at the Landestheater Detmold, Germany. It is Klebe's first and only comedic opera. His adaptation of the text is only loosely based on Gogol and adds a significant twist in the final scene.

Role Voice type Premiere cast, 11 April 2008[1]
Conductor: Erich Wächter[2]
Anton Antonowitsch Swosnik,
Town Governor
baritone Andreas Jören
Ammos Fjordorowitsch Ljapkin,
Judge
tenor Byoung Oh Kim
Luka Lukitsch,
School Inspector
baritone Joachim Goltz
Artemij Filipowitsch Semljnanika,
Superintendent for the Homeless and the Old
bass Vladimir Miakotine
Iwan Kusmitsch Schpekin,
Post Master
tenor Snorri Wium
Natascha Andrejewna,
Town Governor's wife
mezzo-soprano Brigitte Bauma
Olga Antonowna,
Town Governor's daughter)
soprano Kirsten Höner zu Siederdissen
Iwan Alexandrowitsch Chlestakow,
a young man from Petersburg
tenor Johannes Harten
Ossip,
Chlestakow's servant
tenor Markus Gruber
Mischka,
the Town Governor's servant
Kevin Dickmann
Stephan Iwanowitsch Koropkin,
Innkeeper
Policeman spoken role
Director Kay Metzger
Stage & Costume Design Petra Mollérus
Dramaturgy Elisabeth Wirtz

The role names above are spelled as in the German text.

References

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  1. ^ "Besetzung für Chlestakows Wiederkehr (Cast for Khlestakov's Return)". Landestheater Detmold. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Cast for Khlestakov's Return". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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