Die Gespenstersonate is a 1984 German-language opera by Aribert Reimann to a libretto by the composer and Uwe Schendel after August Strindberg's play The Ghost Sonata.[1][2] Strindberg's play also inspired another opera, Die Gespenstersonate by Julius Weismann (1930).

Die Gespenstersonate
Opera by Aribert Reimann
The composer in 2010
Librettist
  • Reimann
  • Uwe Schendel
LanguageGerman
Based onThe Ghost Sonata
by August Strindberg
Premiere

Premiere

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World premiere by the Deutsche Oper Berlin at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and Ensemble Modern featured:

A video of the premiere was released on DVD by Arthaus

References

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  1. ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Music 0199578540 2013
  2. ^ Pfaff, Timothy (26 July 1990). "'Ghost Sonata': DOA". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco. p. 37. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.