Friedenstag

from Richard Strauss


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

Composer

Strauss, Richard