King Stag (König Hirsch)

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1943 to 2012

(English by Maria Massey Pelikan)
Commissioned by the Städtische Oper Berlin

Period of composition 1953-56
Duration 240 minutes

Dedication:
Act I: Sir William and Lady Walton
Act II: Giuseppina d’Avalos
Act III: Nuria and Luigi Nono

Fragmentary world premiere September 23rd, 1956

Berliner Festwochen · Städtische Oper

Production: Leonard Steckel
Stage design Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Conductor Hermann Scherchen

First transmission October 4th, 1957

RAI · Orchestra e coro di Torino della RAI

Chiormaster Ruggero Machini
Conductor Nino Sanzogno

Scenic world premiere May 5th, 1985 Stuttgart

Württembergische Staatsoper

Production Hans Hollmann
Stage design Hans Hoffer
Costume design Frida Parmeggiani
Chiormaster Ulrich Eistert
Conductor Dennis Russell Davies

Baroque mechanical theatre, surrealism, the circus, theatre unleashed, music unleashed.

Indian myth of the changing human mind, transformation, metamorphosis. Princes and clowns appear, usurpers, brought down by sleepy marksmen, liberators and lovers.

“King Stag” is an opera about freedom In its original form this piece should only be performed in its entirety with no cuts of any sort.

Hans Werner Henze

The scene is set in a southern European landcape – a Venice between woods and sea

	soprano lirico spinto	the girl
Scollatella	soprano leggero	a lady of parts
Scollatella II	soubrette
Scollatella III	mezzosoprano
Scollatella IV	contralto
	soprani (ragazzi o donne)	the two statues
	alto	a lady in black
	tenore eroico	the king
Checco	tenore buffo	a dreamy lad
Coltellino	tenore buffo	a shy murderer
	baritono eroico	the governor
	soprano, mezzosoprano ,contralto, tenore e basso	voices of the forest
Die Erfinder		clowns singing ad lib.
	personaggio muto	the stag
	ballerino	the parrot
	coro	the women
	personaggi muti	people, thugs, hunters, soldiers, animals, spirits

3 Flauti	3° anche Ottavino
2 Oboi
1 Corno inglese
2 Clarinetti
1 Clarinetto basso
2 Fagotti
1 Controfagotto

4 Corni
3 Trombe	3° anche Tromba piccola antica in do (ad lib.)
2 Tromboni
1 Tuba

Timpani
Percussione	Triangolo Piatti sospesi Piatti a due Tamtam 3 Tomtom Tamburino Tamburo piccolo Tamburo militare Grancassa (con e senza il piatto) Claves, Maracas Legno, Legnetti Campane da rumba Glockenspiel Xilofono Campane tubolari [per 7]

Arpa
Celesta
Pianoforte
Organo	ad lib.
Clavicembalo
Fisarmonica
Chitarra
Mandolino
Archi

Sul palco

1 Flauto
1 Clarinetto
4 Corni
3 Trombe
Triangolo
Piatto sospeso
Piatti a due

Tamburino
2 Tamburi piccoli
Tamburo militare
Grancassa
Glockenspiel
Vibrafono
Campanelli

10 Campane tubolari
Celesta
Organo
Mandolino
1 Violino

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Opera in three acts by Heinz von Cramer after the fairytale of Earl Carlo Gozzi (1772)

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see also

Italy, Atonally: Hans Werner Henze's "König Hirsch"

Maskeraden – Elemente der Commedia dell'arte in Henzes König Hirsch und Gisela

Hans Werner Henze und seine Zeit

Die Oper "König Hirsch" (1953-55) von Hans Werner Henze

King Stag

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Ein unbekanntes Skizzenheft zu „König Hirsch“ von Hans Werner Henze

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