Der Meister und Margarita
{{Infobox opera
| name = Der Meister und Margarita
| composer = York Höller
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| librettist = York Höller
| language = German
| based_on = The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
| premiere_date = {{Start date|1989|05|20|df=y}}
| premiere_location = Palais Garnier, Paris
}}
{{Lang|de|Der Meister und Margarita}} (The Master and Margarita) is an opera in two acts by York Höller. The libretto, also by Höller, is based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, The Master and Margarita. Höller composed the work between 1984 and 1989, and revised it in 2008.
{{Lang|de|Der Meister und Margarita}} was premiered at the Paris Opéra (Palais Garnier) on 20 May 1989, staged by Hans Neuenfels and conducted by Lothar Zagrosek, with Roland Herrmann and Karan Armstrong in the title roles. It was recorded in 2000 by the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, again conducted by Zagrosek, with Richard Salter, Marilyn Schmiege and Franz Mazura in leading roles.
Roles
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! Role ! Premiere cast |
| The Master, Jeschua
| helden-baritone | Roland Herrmann |
| Margarita |
| Voland, the black magician |
References
{{reflist
| refs =
| url = http://www.boosey.com/pages/opera/moredetails?site-lang=en&musicid=6938
| title = Höller, York / Der Meister und Margarita (1984–89, rev. 2008)
| publisher = Boosey & Hawkes
| year = 2008
| accessdate = 25 August 2017
}}
| url = http://www.die-deutsche-buehne.de/Kritiken/Musiktheater/York+H%C3%B6ller+Der+Meister+und+Margarita/Des+Teufels+Knallchargen
| title = Höller (Der) Meister und Margarita
| journal = Die Deutsche Bühne/Des+Teufels+Knallchargen
| date = 13 September 2013
| language = German
| accessdate = 25 August 2017
}}
| url = https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/h%C3%B6ller-der-meister-und-margarita
| title = Höller (Der) Meister und Margarita
| journal = Gramophone
| year = 2001
| accessdate = 25 August 2017
}}
}}
External links
- [https://theoperacritic.com/tocreviews2.php?review=tc/2013/hammeimar0913.htm Der Meister und Margarita comes home] The Opera Critic, September 2013
- [https://www.opera-online.com/en/columns/dombrowski/der-meister-und-margarita-hamburgische-staatsoper Der Meister und Margarita - Hamburgische Staatsoper] Opera Online
- [http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/holler.html Der Meister und Margarita] on masterandmargarita.eu, a website devoted to Mikhail Bulgakov's novel and its many adaptations
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Category:German-language operas
Category:Operas based on novels