Peer Gynt (opera)

1938 opera by Werner Egk

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Peer Gymt

Opera by Werner Egk
Librettist| Egk
Language| German
Based on| Peer Gynt
by Henrik Ibsen
Premiere|

24 November 1938 (1938-11-24)

Berliner Staatsoper

Peer Gynt is a 1938 opera by Werner Egk to a libretto after the play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen. The premiere took place on 24 November 1938 at the Berliner Staatsoper where Egk was the conductor at the time.[1]

The opera was controversial in the Nazi press. This criticism was quashed when Adolf Hitler, an attendee at the performance, allegedly approved of the work.[2] Despite Stravinsky-like music, the premiere met the approval of Joseph Goebbels, which has since tainted both the opera and composer. The opera was not performed in the Third Reich after 1940.

## Recording

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* Peer Gynt, Wilfried Vorwold (bass), Kari Løvaas (soprano), Norma Sharp (soprano), Cornelia Wulkopf (alto), Janet Perry (soprano), Waldemar Wild (bass). Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Heinz Wallberg, Orfeo Classics 1982

## References

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1. ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Music 0199578540 ed. Michael Kennedy, Tim Rutherford-Johnson, Joyce Kennedy-2013 p.256 "operas: Columbus (1933 radio, 1942 stage); Die Zaubergeige (1935, rev. 1954); *Peer Gynt (1938); Circe (1945, rev. 1966 as 17 Tage und 4 Minuten); *Irische Legende (after Yeats, 1955, rev. 1970); Der Revisor (after Gogol's The *Government Inspector, 1957); Die Verlobung in San Domingo (1963). "
2. ^ McCredie, Andrew D. "Egk, Werner". www.oxfordmusiconline.com. Oxford. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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Werner Egk

Operas|

* Columbus (1933, 1942)
* Die Zaubergeige (1935, 1954)
* Peer Gynt (1938)
* Circe (1945, 17 Tage und 4 Minuten 1966)
* Irische Legende (1955, 1975)
* Der Revisor (1957)
* Die Verlobung in San Domingo (1963)

Category:Compositions by Werner Egk

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Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (1876)

Inspirations|

* Per Gynt
* Jo Gjende

Films|

* Peer Gynt (1915)
* Peer Gynt (1919)
* Peer Gynt (1934)

Stage|

* Peer Gynt (1938 Egk opera)
* Peer Gynt (1998 play)

Music|

* Peer Gynt (1875 incidental music)
* "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
* "Morning Mood"
* Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. (1961)
* "Trying To Be Me" (2000)

Other|

* Bøyg

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

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