Die_Bernauerin

<i>Die Bernauerin</i>

Die Bernauerin is a piece in Bavarian dialect by the composer Carl Orff to his own libretto on the life of Agnes Bernauer.[1] It was first performed on 15 June 1947 in Stuttgart.

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  1. Andreas Liess: Carl Orff (1966) p. 111: "In Bernauerin, Orff's new vision of the theatre is expressed in the relationship of his own text to the music. Extended episodes of spoken and music drama alternate, without their commingling as they did in A Midsummer Night's Dream."

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