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Der gläserne Berg
(The Glass Mountain) (1927/28)Libretto by Josefa Elstner-Oertel; new version by Susanne Felicitas Wolf (G)
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Anton J. Benjamin / Simrock
Stadttheater, Krefeld
Willy Kohl, director
Conductor: Franz Rau
Philharmonie Mercatorhalle, Duisburg
Magdalena Schnitzler, director / Anna Graenzer, narrator
Conductor: Axel Kober
Company: soloists / Akademie für Chor und Musiktheater Düsseldorf / Duisburger Philharmoniker
| Narrator | |
| The King's Daughter | Soprano |
| Christ Child | Soprano |
| Mother of the Forest | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Forest Spirit / Goblin Dwarf / South Wind | Tenor |
| Konrad / North Wind | Bass-Baritone |
The king has lost his way while hunting in the forest due to will-o'-the-wisps jumping all over the place. The goblin dwarf rescues him. As a reward, the king promises him the first thing he sees when he returns home from his castle. It is the king's daughter. So she has to follow the goblin into the glass mountain. She is picked up by his white wolf, but is shaken off by him on the way.
Now begins the long odyssey of the king's daughter in search of the mountain of glass, which leads her to the Mother of the Winds, the Lady Sun and the Good Moon. Finally, St Peter takes the King's daughter on a journey through the starry realm to the Advent Star and the Christ Child, who alone know of the glass mountain. In the Magic Mountain, the wedding of the goblin, who is an enchanted prince, with the evil fairy is about to take place. The king's daughter enters and frees the enchanted prince, who can only be redeemed on Christmas Day, from his fate.
Poetic