Friedenstag
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Friedenstag (Peace Day) is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Joseph Gregor. It premiered at Munich on July 24, 1938. The opera is dedicated to Viorica Ursuleac and her husband Clemens Krauss, the lead and conductor.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere, July 24, 1938 (Clemens Krauss) |
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| Commandant of the beleaguered town | baritone | Hans Hotter |
| Maria, his wife | soprano | Viorica Ursuleac |
| A sergeant | bass | |
| A corporal | baritone | |
| A private soldier | tenor | |
| A musketeer | bass | |
| A bugler | bass | |
| An officer | baritone | |
| A front-line officer | baritone | |
| A Piedmontese | tenor | |
| The Holsteiner, commanding the besieging army | bass | |
| The burgomaster | tenor | |
| The bishop | baritone | |
| A woman of the people | soprano | |
| Soldiers of the garrison and of the besieging army, elders of the town and women of the deputation to the commandant, townspeople |
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[edit] Synopsis
Place: The citadel of a beleaguered town in Germany
Time: The last day of the thirty years' war
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