Das Himmelskleid (La veste di cielo) is a 1927 German-language opera in 3 acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari after "Donkeyskin" by Charles Perrault. It premiered 21 April 1927 at the Nationaltheater, Munich.[1]
Recording
editAngelina Ruzzafante, Sibrand Basa, Reinhard Leisenheimer, Hagen Opera Gerhard Markson Marco Polo 3CD 1997[2]
References
edit- ^ New Grove Dictionary of Opera
- ^ The Gramophone - Volume 75, Issues 893-896 1997 - Page 115 Das Himmelskleid (The Garment of Heaven) - Angelina Ruzzafante / Sibrand Basa | Reinhard Leisenheimer / Hagen Opera / Gerhard Markson Marco Polo 8.223261-63 WLLI-I-I-IIR-II Wolf-Ferrari, remembered more often for operas like Susanna's Secret, set great store by Das Himmelskleid, the story of a fairy-tale Princess. She rejects suitor after suitor, and sends the most eligible of all on a quest for the garment of Heaven.