Opera in four acts
Libretto
Bernd Alois Zimmermann after Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
Premiere
15 February 1965, Cologne (Opernhaus)
Cast
WESENER (bass)
MARIE (very dramatic coloratura soprano)
CHARLOTTE (mezzo-soprano)
WESENER's OLD MOTHER (low contralto)
STOLZIUS (youthful high baritone)
STOLZIU's MOTHER (very dramatic contralto)
OBRIST (bass)
DESPORTES (very high tenor)
PIRZEL (high tenor)
EISENHARDT (heroic baritone)
HAUDY (heroic baritone)
MARY (baritone)
COUNTESS DE LA ROCHE (mezzo-soprano)
HER SON (very high lyrical tenor)
CHORUS
officers, soldiers, servants, people
Place
Time
yesterday, to-day and to-morrow