Cardillac

from Paul Hindemith


Cardillac
Opera in three acts (four scenes)

Libretto

Ferdinand Lion (nach E. Th .A. Hoffmann)

Premiere

1st version: 9 November 1926, Dresden (Staatsoper
2nd version: 20 June 1952, Zurich (Stadtttheater)

Cast

CARDILLAC (baritone)
HIS DAUGHTER (soprano)
HER FRIEND (tenor)
OPERA SINGER (soprano)
OFFICER (baritone)
YOUNG CAVALIER (tenor)
SINGERS IN LULLY'S PHAETON (alto, tenor, bass)
MARQUIS (silent

CHORUS
people, guards, chorus members, theatre staff
)

Place

Paris

Time

17th centtury

Composer

Hindemith, Paul