List of operas by Paul Hindemith

This is a list of operas by the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963).

List

Title Genre Sub­divisions Libretto Première date Place, theatre
Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen opera 1 act Oskar Kokoschka 4 June 1921 Stuttgart, Staatstheater
Das Nusch-Nuschi opera 1 act Franz Blei 4 June 1921 Stuttgart, Staatstheater
Sancta Susanna opera 1 act August Stramm 26 March 1922 Frankfurt, Alte Oper
Cardillac opera 3 acts Ferdinand Lion after E. T. A. Hoffmann's Das Fräulein von Scuderi (revised by Hindemith, 1952) 9 November 1926;
revised version: 20 June 1952		 Dresden, Semperoper;
revised version: Zürich, Stadttheater
Hin und zurück Sketch mit Musik 1 scene Marcellus Schiffer 15 July 1927 Baden-Baden, Theater der Stadt
Neues vom Tage lustige Oper 3 parts Marcellus Schiffer (revised by Hindemith, 1954, and translated by Rinaldo Küfferle [it] as Novità del giorno) 8 June 1929;
revised version: 7 April 1954		 Berlin, Kroll Opera House;
revised version: Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
Lehrstück music theatre work 7 scenes Bertolt Brecht 28 July 1929 Baden-Baden, Stadthalle
Wir bauen eine Stadt Spiel für Kinder Robert Seitz [de] 21 June 1930 Berlin
Mathis der Maler opera 7 scenes composer 28 May 1938 Zürich
Die Harmonie der Welt opera 5 acts composer 11 August 1957 Munich, Prinzregententheater
The Long Christmas Dinner opera 1 act Thornton Wilder 17 December 1961 Mannheim, Mannheim National Theatre

References

  • Skelton, Geoffrey (1992), 'Hindemith, Paul' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
  • "Werkverzeichnis (list of works)", Fondation Hindemith, Switzerland