Das Wundertheater

Henze's Wundertheater was created in 1948/49 as an opera for actors. In 1964 he rewrote it for singers. It became a wonderful piece with inventive and imaginative music for the fanciful story of a theater troupe that travels from village to village to perform true miracles for its audience. The libretto is based on an intermezzo by Miguel Cervantes and has corresponding qualities. The quirky and amusing work is performed flawlessly by the Osnabrück ensemble under the precise direction of Hermann Bäumer. As it only lasts 35 minutes, the CD was completed with a conversation between the conductors and the composer: a really good and enriching idea!