Die Wunderinsel (Vocal Score)

Opera with ballet in two acts based on Franz Schubert's opera Alfonso and Estrella D 732 (1958).
 

Text and musical arrangement: Kurt Honolka (based on William Shakespeare's “The Tempest” from 1611 and Franz von Schober's libretto for “Alfonso and Estrella”) (German)

 

World premiere: January 26, 1958, Stuttgart, Württembergisches Staatstheater.

 

Place and time of the action: Oviedo, the royal seat of the Kingdom of León; in a nearby mountain range, at the time of the Reconquista around 790

 

- Performance material available for hire (AE113-72)