Written 1920 Language German | First performance 4 June 1921 | |
Similar Mörder - Hoffnung der Frauen, Sancta Susanna, Neues vom Tage, Die Harmonie der Welt, Die großmütige Tomyris | ||
Das Nusch-Nuschi (The Nusch-Nuschi) is an opera in one act by Paul Hindemith, with a German libretto by Franz Blei.
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Subtitled A Play for Burmese Marionettes it is in fact a fully staged work with both singers and dancers, the second in a triptych of expressionist influenced one-act operas, the others being Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen op. 12 (1919), and Sancta Susanna op. 21 (1921).
Paul hindemith das nusch nuschi op 20 1920
Performance history
It was first performed on 4 June 1921, at the Landestheater, Stuttgart under the baton of Fritz Busch; Oskar Schlemmer was the director.
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Das Nusch-Nuschi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA