Feuersnot
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Feuersnot (The Need for Fire or Fire Famine) is a Singgedicht (sung poem) or opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The German libretto was written by Ernst von Wolzogen, based on J. Ketel's report "Das erloschene Feuer zu Audenaerde" in the Oudenaarde Gazette, Leipzig, 1843.
It was Strauss' second opera. The premiere was at the Dresden Hofoper on November 21st, 1901. It isn't performed frequently, although the Chelsea Opera Group in the UK occasionally peforms it in concert.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere, November 21, 1901 (Ernst von Schuch) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Schweiker von Gundelfingen, the bailiff | low tenor | |
| Ortolf Sentlinger, the mayor | low bass | |
| Diemut, his daughter | high soprano | Anny Krull |
| Elsbeth, her friend | mezzo-soprano | |
| Wigelis, her friend | low contralto | |
| Margret, her friend | high soprano | |
| Kunrad, the alchemist | high baritone | Karl Scheidemantel |
| Jorg Poschel, the Leitgeb | low bass | |
| Hämerlein, the haberdasher | baritone | |
| Kofel, the blacksmith | bass | |
| Kunz Gilgenstock, the baker and brewer | bass | |
| Ortlieb Tulbeck, the cooper | high tenor | |
| Ursula, his wife | contralto | |
| Ruger Asbeck, the potter | tenor | |
| Walpurg, his wife | high soprano | |
| Citizens, women, children, retainers | ||
[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Recordings
- 1996, Rudolf Kempe conducting on Orfeo D'or
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