Music theatre
Opera
1964
A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt)
Opera in one act
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
World premiere November 30th, 1965
Frankfurt am Main · Städtische Bühnen
Production, stage- and costume design Hans Neugebauer
Conductor Wolfgang Rennert
Comment
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
Cast
| 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 |
Instrumentation
| 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. | |
| Archi |