Zaubernacht (1922)

Zaubernacht has been temporarily withdrawn until new performing materials based on Weill's original score are completed.

Children's pantomime for solo soprano and chamber orchestra.
Reconstructed by Meirion Bowen from Weill's autograph piano score.

Performance Information
Principal Productions (as stage work)
Recordings

Performance Information

English title: Magic night.
Orchestra: fl/picc, cl, bsn; piano, harp, perc; string quartet.
Duration: 60 minutes
Performance Materials: All territories: EAMC
First performance of reconstructed score (as concert work): June 1, 2000, Köln, Ingrid Schmithüsen, vocalist, Ensemble Contrasts, Celso Antunes, cond.

Guide to orchestration, territory abbreviations, and publishers' symbols.

Principal productions

November 18, 1922, Berlin, Franz-Ludwig Hörth, dir., George Weller, cond. (scenario by Wladimir Boritsch)
December 27, 1925, New York, Wladimir Boritsch, dir., Lazar Weiner, cond., Michio Ito (chor.)
March 7, 2003, Dessau, Milan Sládek, dir., Celso Antunes, cond. (with reconstructed score)

Recordings

Capriccio CD
67 011

Ingrid Schmithüsen, soprano, Ensemble Contrasts, Celso Antunes, cond. (reconstructed version)