Ondine (Undine)

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1943 to 2012

(freely adapted from De la Motte-Fouqué)

Commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Period of composition 1956-57
Duration 110 minutes

Written in honour of Dame Margot Fonteyn
Dedicated to Frederick Ashton

City of Positano Prize 1980

World premiere 27. October 1958

London · Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

The Royal Ballet
Choreography Frederick Ashton
Stage design Lila De Nobili
Title role Dame Margot Fonteyn
Conductor Hans Werner Henze

The old tale of Knight Huldbrand’s love for a witch or nymph or phantom, a creation called Ondine, provides the thread that runs all the way trough this fairytale, conceived in the tradition of the 19th-century narrative ballet. Sumptuous group scenes, and dances of great effect, divertissements and ensembles alternate with solo dances, “Pas de deux” and “Pas de trois” for Palemon, his terrestrial fiancée and the unearthly, fatal protagonist.

Hans Werner Henze

Tirrenio	ballerino	King of the water
Undine	ballerina	a nymph, his daughter
Palemon	ballerino	the inconstant knight
Beatrice	ballerina	betrothed to Palemon
	ballerino	a hermit
	corpo di ballo	Tritons nymphs hunters guests Neapolitan masks fishermen seamen people servants

2 Flauti	(2° anche Ottavino)
1 Oboe
1 Corno inglese
1 Clarinetto
1 Clarinetto basso
1 Fagotto
1 Controfagotto	(anche 2° Fagotto)

4 Corni
3 Trombe
2 Tromboni
1 Tuba

Timpani
Percussione	Triangolo Piatti sospesi Piatti a due 2 Tamtam 2 Tomtom Tamburino basco Tamburo militare Grancassa Vibrafono Campana [per 3]
2 Arpe
Celesta	anche Pianoforte
Chitarra

Archi

Campana	dietro la scena

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Die Vorträge des internationalen Henze-Symposions am Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Hamburg. 28. bis 30. Juni 2001

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Portrait, Duisburg, Gebläsehalle, Dezember 2008

When the Ruhr region was chosen as the European Capital of Culture, its artistic director Steven Sloane immediately saw Hans Werner Henze as a musical focus, a world star with roots in the region and an oeuvre that encompasses all musical genres as well as a wide range of opportunities for children, young people and amateurs, and who could thus connect the entire region.

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see also

"Undine" in den Werken von E.T.A. Hoffmann, Albert Lortzing und Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze · Ingeborg Bachmann

Henze-Sämtliche Aufnahmen für Deutsche Grammophon

Die Undine-Projekte von Hans Werner Henze und Ingeborg Bachmann

Hans Werner Henze und seine Zeit

„Eine Oper ohne Sänger“

Jeux des Tritons

Ondine: Diary of a Ballet

Hans Werner Henze

Ondine

Musik und Politik

Undine

Second suite from the ballet „Ondine“ (Undine)

Trois Pas des Tritons

Jeux des Tritons

Wedding Music (Hochzeitsmusik)

First suite from the ballet "Ondine" (Undine)

The Henze Project