Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op.65 (Strauss, Richard)

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Publisher Info. New York: London Records, 1957. A4505.
Performers Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra)
Wiener Staatsopernchor (chorus)
Karl Böhm (conductor)
Emperor: Hans Hopf (tenor)
Empress: Leonie Rysanek (soprano)
Nurse: Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo-soprano)
Barak: Paul Schöffler (bass-baritone)
Barak's wife: Christel Goltz (dramatic soprano)
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Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1919. Plate A. 7500 F.
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Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1919. Plate A. 7500 F.
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Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1916/1919. Plate A. 7501 F.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A8188.
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Arranger Otto Singer (1863-1931), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1919. Plate A. 7503 F.
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Arranger Otto Singer (1863-1931), piano reduction
Language German
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner, 1919. Plate A. 7503 F.
Reprinted London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1943. Plate B. & H. 17591.
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Work Title Die Frau ohne Schatten
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Kobieta bez cienia; Женщина без тени; 그림자 없는 여인; La mujer sin sombra; Жінка без тіні; La donna senz'ombra; 影の無い女; 沒有影子的女人; 没有影子的女人; Žena beze stínu; האישה חסרת הצל
Name Aliases La dona sense ombra; A Mulher sem Sombra; La Femme sans ombre; 그림자없는 여인; Frau ohne Schatten; 影のない女; Kvinnan utan skugga; 無影子的女人; 無影女
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 186304892; GND: 300156537; BNF: 13919899m
Composer Strauss, Richard
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.65 ; TrV 234
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IRS 28
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1914-17
First Performance. 1919-10-10 in Vienna, Vienna Staatsoper
Franz Schalk (conductor)
First Publication. 1919
Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929)
Language German
Average DurationAvg. Duration 210 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
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Cast
The Emperor: (tenor)
The Empress, Keikobad's daughter (high dramatic soprano)
The Nurse, The Empress's guardian (dramatic mezzo-soprano)
The Messenger of Keikobad (high baritone)
The Guardian of the Threshold of the Temple (soprano or countertenor)
The Apparition of a Youth (high tenor)
The Voice of a Falcon (soprano)
A Voice from Above (contralto)
Barak, the Dyer (bass-baritone)
The Dyer's Wife (high dramatic soprano)
The One-eyed Man, Barak's brother (high bass)
The One-Armed Man, Barak's brother (bass)
The Hunchback, Barak's brother (high tenor)
Voices of Six Unborn Children (3 sopranos, 3 contraltos or baritones)
Voices of Three Town Watchmen (3 baritones or basses)

Chorus (SATB)

Servants of the Empress, other children and beggar-children,
spirit-servants and attendant spirit-voices

Pit-Orchestra

4 flutes (3rd and 4th also piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also English horn), piccolo clarinet, 2 clarinets,
basset-horn (also clarinet 3), bass clarinet (also clarinet 4), 4 bassoons (4th also contrabassoon)
8 horns (5-8 also Wagner tuba), 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba
timpani (4), percussion:
(musical glasses, 5 Chinese gongs, cymbals, snare drum, rute, sleigh bells, bass drum, tenor drum, big field drum, triangle, tambourine, 2 castanets, tamtam, whip (slapstick), xylophone, glockenspiel, bells)
2 celestas, 2 harps, strings (16-16-6+6-6+6-8)

Onstage Instruments*

2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon
horn, 6 trumpets, 6 trombones
wind machine, thunder machine, 4 tam-tams, organ
  • On-stage woodwinds and horn may play in pit if necessary. Two of the on-stage trumpets move to the pit for Act III, thus a total of 10 trumpets is required.
Related Works Sinfonische Fantasie aus 'Die Frau ohne Schatten'
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