Friedenstag
Opera in one act
Libretto
Joseph Gregor
Premiere
24 July 1938, Munich (Nationaltheater)
Cast
COMMANDANT (baritone)
MARIA (soprano)
SERGEANT-MAJOR (bass)
CORPORAL (baritone)
PRIVATE SOLDIER (tenor)
MUSKETEER (bass)
BUGLER (bass)
OFFICER (baritone)
FRONT-LINR OFFICER (baritone)
PIEDMONTESE (tenor)
HOLSTEINER (bass)
MAYOR (tenor)
PRELATE (baritone)
WOMAN (soprano)
CHORUS
soldiers of the garrison and of the besieging army, elders of the town, women of th deputation to the commandant, townspeople
Place
The last day of the Thirty Years War
Time
In the fortress of a town