Music Theatre since 1990 - Schott Music

Viktor Ullmann
Der Sturz des Antichrist
(The Fall of the Antichrist)
Opera (Bühnenweihefestspiel - “A Festival Play for the Consecration of the Stage”) in
three acts
Libretto by Albert Steffen
Origin: 1934-1936
Language: German | English translation by Daniel Marston
1995
Cast: the Regent · heroic tenor – the Priest · tenor – the Technocrat · baritone – the Poet · lyric
tenor – the Old Jailor · bass – the Demon of the Regent · tenor – the Imperfect Angel of the
Priest · mezzo soprano – the Ghost of the Technocrat · baritone – the Barker · tenor –
the Crowd · chorus (in the third act only)
Orchestra: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 · Engl. Hr. · 2 (1. auch Bassetthr., 2. auch Bassklar. und Bassetthr.) ·
Bassklar. · 2 (2. auch Kfg.) · Kfg. – 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 – P. S. (Trgl. · Beck. · tiefes Tamt. · kl. Tr · Xyl.) –
Org. · Hfe. – Str.
Stage music (in the 3. act, can be cut if not available): Picc. · 2 · 0 · 2 Klar. in Es · 0 – 3 · 3 · 3 ·
1 – S. (gr. Tr. mit Beck. · kl. Tr.)
Duration: 110‘
Recording CD CPO 999 321 · Performance material on hire
Remarks: Ullmann’s opera Der Sturz des Antichrist (The Fall of the Antichrist) was never performed
in the composer‘s lifetime who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1944. The posthumous
World Première in 1994 was made possible by the 1994 edition of the musical material that
had fortunately survived.
Selected Productions
07.01.1995 Theater Bielefeld (WP)
Rainer Koch · John Dew · Thomas Gruber
19.01.2007 Theater Hof
Karl Prokopetz · Anton Nekovar · Daniel Dvorak
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