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Viktor Ullmann (Composer) | Viktor Ullmann (Librettist) | Heinrich von Kleist (Author of original text)
Der zerbrochene Krug
Oper in einem Akt
Text von Viktor Ullmann nach Heinrich von Kleist
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Der zerbrochene Krug
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Viktor Ullmann composed his setting of Kleist’s popular dramatic comedy in 1942 between his two operas Der Sturz des Antichrist [The Fall of Antichrist] (1936) and Der Kaiser von Atlantis [The Emperor of Atlantis] (1943) against the background of an increasingly bleak political situation. The score was completed only a few weeks prior to Ullmann’s deportation to the concentration camp Theresienstadt. Nonetheless, these tragic omens appear only to have had an underlying effect on the humorous and trenchant work. On a superficial level, Ullmann largely adheres to Kleist’s text (albeit with highly effective abridgements) and concisely relates the story of the village judge Adam who has to pass judgement on his own misdeed – the broken pitcher of Marthe – and is ultimately unmasked as the true culprit.
Closer study of the text reveals several passages which can clearly be interpreted as a commentary on the iniquities of the justice system under the Third Reich. Specifically, the final verse, written by Ullmann himself, is set in the context of the Nazi’s Volksgerichtshof (People’s Court) and its henchmen in the red robes of judges, a witty but undisguised warning: ‘Fiat justitia, | damals wie ebenda: | Richter soll keiner sein, | ist nicht sein Herze rein.’ (Fiat justitia: then as now, no-one should be a judge if his heart is not pure).
Closer study of the text reveals several passages which can clearly be interpreted as a commentary on the iniquities of the justice system under the Third Reich. Specifically, the final verse, written by Ullmann himself, is set in the context of the Nazi’s Volksgerichtshof (People’s Court) and its henchmen in the red robes of judges, a witty but undisguised warning: ‘Fiat justitia, | damals wie ebenda: | Richter soll keiner sein, | ist nicht sein Herze rein.’ (Fiat justitia: then as now, no-one should be a judge if his heart is not pure).
Orchestral Cast
2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch Engl. Hr.) · 2 · Bassklar. · Tenorsax. · 2 · Kfg. - 3 · 2 · 1 · 0 - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Trgl. · Beckenpaar · hg. Beck. · Schellen · Tamb. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. m. Beck. · Kast. · Ratsche) (3 Spieler) - Cemb. · Tenor-Banjo - Str.
Cast
Walter, Gerichtsrat · Bass - Adam, Dorfrichter · hoher Bass-Buffo - Licht, Schreiber · Tenor-Buffo - Frau Marthe Rull · tiefer Alt - Eve, ihre Tochter · lyrischer Sopran - Veit Tümpel, ein Bauer · Bariton - Ruprecht, sein Sohn · Heldentenor - Frau Brigitte · Alt - Erste Magd · Sopran - Zweite Magd · Alt - Ein Büttel · stumme Rolle
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Title:
Der zerbrochene Krug
Oper in einem Akt
Text von Viktor Ullmann nach Heinrich von Kleist
Language:
German
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1942
Opus:
op. 36
Duration:
50 ′
World Premiere:
May 17, 1996 · Dresden (D)
Musikfestspiele
Conductor: Israel Yinon
Original staging: Ehrhard Warneke · Costumes: Dieter Lange · Set design: Dieter Lange
(scenic)
Musikfestspiele
Conductor: Israel Yinon
Original staging: Ehrhard Warneke · Costumes: Dieter Lange · Set design: Dieter Lange
(scenic)
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
LS 4117-01
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Performances
Der zerbrochene Krug
Conductor: Jakub Klecker
May 11, 2023 |
Ostrava (Czech Republic) , Divadlo Antonína Dvoráka
performance of the ouverure as part of the production of "Der Kaiser von Atlantis"
Der zerbrochene Krug
Conductor: Jakub Klecker
April 11, 2023 |
Ostrava (Czech Republic) , Divadlo Antonína Dvoráka
performance of the ouverure as part of the production of "Der Kaiser von Atlantis"
Der zerbrochene Krug
Conductor: Jakub Klecker
March 31, 2023 |
Ostrava (Czech Republic) , Divadlo Antonína Dvoráka
performance of the ouverure as part of the production of "Der Kaiser von Atlantis"
Der zerbrochene Krug
Conductor: Jakub Klecker
March 7, 2023 |
Ostrava (Czech Republic) , Divadlo Antonína Dvoráka
performance of the ouverure as part of the production of "Der Kaiser von Atlantis"
Der zerbrochene Krug
Conductor: Jakub Klecker
February 23, 2023 |
Ostrava (Czech Republic) , Divadlo Antonína Dvoráka
performance of the ouverure as part of the production of "Der Kaiser von Atlantis"
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