Die schwarze Maske (The Black Mask) is an opera by composer Krzysztof Penderecki using a German libretto by the composer and Harry Kupfer which is based on a 1928 play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The opera premiered at the Salzburg Festival on 15 August 1986, after which there were productions mounted at the Vienna State Opera and the Great Theatre, Warsaw during the following opera season. The work had its United States premiere on 30 July 1988 at the Santa Fe Opera with a cast that included Mark Lundberg.

Die schwarze Maske
Opera by Krzysztof Penderecki
The composer in 2008
TranslationThe Black Mask
Librettist
LanguageGerman
Based onplay by Gerhart Hauptmann
Premiere
15 August 1986 (1986-08-15)

Roles

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Role Voice type Premiere Cast[1]
Silvanus Schuller tenor Walter Raffeiner [de]
Benigna soprano Josephine Barstow
Arabella soprano Lona Culmer-Schellbach
Rosa Sacchi mezzo-soprano Marjana Lipovšek
Jedidja Potter tenor Martin Finke
François Tortebat bass Hans Franzen
Daga soprano Jolanta Radek
Löwel Perl baritone Günter Reich
Robert Dedo baritone Huub Claessens
Plebanus Wendt bass Malcolm Smith
Hadank tenor Heinz Zednik
Graf Ebbo Hüttenwächter bass Rainer Scholze
Gräfin Laura Hüttenwächter contralto Gertrude Jahn
Schedel tenor Robert Werner
Doktor Knoblochzer bass Wolfgang Equiluz
Johnson speaking role Charleston Marquis
A contralto voice contralto Ingrid Mayr

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