A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt)

Hans Werner Henze

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a word-for-word setting of the story by Franz Kafka (English by Wesley Balk)
New version 1964 (adaptation for theatre of the radio opera)

Year of composition 1964
Duration 33 minutes

World premiere November 30th, 1965

Frankfurt am Main · Städtische Bühnen

Production, stage- and costume design Hans Neugebauer
Conductor Wolfgang Rennert

Kafka’s mystical, metaphysical dream narrative, which in the original composition as a radio opera was furnished with nume- rous electronic sound effects, echoes and the like, is here presented without this compo- nent, for concert or stage performance.

Hans Werner Henze

Rosa	soprano leggero
	soprano	the daughter
	contralto	the mother
	tenore	the groom
	baritono	the country doctor
	voce bianca di contralto	the patient
	basso	the father
	coro piccolo di bambini

1 Flauto	anche Ottavino
1 Oboe	anche Corno inglese
1 Clarinetto	anche Clarinetto basso
1 Fagotto
1 Corno
1 Tromba
1 Trombone

Percussione	Timpani Triangolo Piatti sospesi Piatti a due Tamtam 2 Tomtom Tamburo piccolo Grancassa (con e senza il piatto) Claves Maracas Glockenspiel (piccolo) Xilofono Vibrafono 6 Campane tubolari [per 3]
Pianoforte a quattro mani	(o due Pianoforti)
Organo ad lib.
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Hans Werner Henze

A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt)

Opera in one act

World premiere

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Ein Landarzt