Die Ermordung Cäsars

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First performance 20 September 1959 Librettist Giselher Klebe		Composer Giselher Klebe Language German

Characters Marcus Junius Brutus, Mark Antony, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Julius Caesar, Tillius Cimber, Casca, Cinna the Poet Similar Lucio Silla, Cléopâtre, Antony and Cleopatra

Die Ermordung Cäsars, Op. 32, (The Murder of Caesar) is an opera in one act by Giselher Klebe who also wrote the libretto based on the translation by August Wilhelm von Schlegel of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.

It premiered on 20 September 1959 at the Grillo-Theater, Essen, with Gustav König conducting. It is dedicated to the German composer Wilhelm Maler. The opera is scored for piccolo flute; soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones; contrabassoon; bass trumpet; tenor tuba; timpani; piano; cellos; double basses; several tapes. A performance takes about 50 minutes.

Roles

Caesar (baritone)

Mark Antony (baritone)

Publius and Popilius Lena, senators (sprechgesang, spoken role)

Conspirators against Caesar:

Brutus (bariton)

Cassius (tenor buffo)

Casca (bass)

Decius (spoken role)

Metellus Cimber (spoken role)

A soothsayer (bass)

Cinna, a poet (tenor)

People of Rome

Time and Place: Ancient Rome, 15 March 44 BC (Ides of March)

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