Die Räuber (opera)
Die Räuber, Op. 25, is an opera in four acts by Giselher Klebe who also wrote the libretto based on the play by Friedrich Schiller. The composition uses the twelve-tone technique.
It premiered on 3 June 1957 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf. It is dedicated to the memory of Giuseppe Verdi. It was written between 1951 and 1956, and revised in 1961/1962.
Roles
- The old Count von Moor
- Karl and Franz, his sons
- Amalia von Edelreich, old Moor's niece
- Hermann, a nobleman
- Schweizer, a libertine, later a robber
- A Monk
- Daniel, an old servant
- The libertines, later robbers; voices