Gottfried Stommel

Gottfried Stommel

Gottfried Stommel

Dramatic, writer

born: 13. January 1847 in D-Velbert

died: 20. März 1933

Gottfried Stommel lived in Düsseldorf. There is some correspondence with Hans Franck, with editor Cotta and Friedrichtheodor Vischer.

He published some dramas and he completed the Goethe-fragment of “Magic Flute – part two” to an entire opera libretto.

Works
Der Weg nach Damaskus (Tragödie) 1908
Gerhart Hauptmanns Legendenspiel in vier Akten “Kaiser Karls Geisel”: Kritik und neuer 4. Akt, 1911
Etwas vom lieben Goll und anderes, was ihr auch nicht wollt 1912
Heinrich von Kleist: Die Familie Schroffenstein (Tragödie, 4. Akt teilweise und 5. Akt von Gottfried Stommel, als Manuskript gedruckt).

Gottfried Stommel @town of Düsseldorf

Teilnachlass

Deutsche Biographie

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Fachinformationsdienst darstellende Kunst

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Aufführung Sarastro-Szene Weimar 1939

Karl Eduard Goepfart

Karl Eduard Goepfart

Karl Eduard Goepfart (* 8. März 1859 in Mönchenholzhausen near Erfurt; † 30. Januar 1942 in Weimar) was a German musician, composer and conductor.

1876 he continued his studies in Weimar and became member of the “Thursday round” of Franz Liszt. 1885 he composed a fairy tale opera Beerenlieschen. He conducted the world premiere in the same year in the Weimar Hoftheater. In 1887 his opera Quintin Messis – der Schmied von Antwerpen, premiered at Weima Hoftheater. From 1909 thru 1927 Goepfart lived and worked in Potsdam.

Sarastro. Musik-Drama in drei Aufzügen (Libretto: von Gottfried Stommel und Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) premiered 9th December 1891 concertante in Hengelo.

In 1939 the first scene was given in an event for Goepfart´s 80th birthday in Weimar.

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Goethe

Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literarypolitical, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day.[3][4] A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic;[3] his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botanyanatomy, and color.

Later his fragment was published in 1828 “Der Zauberflöte zweyter Theil“, which has been completed by librettist Gottfried Stommel to this opera.

The Magic Flute Part Two – Wikipedia

Green: Original Goethe, yellow: only slightly altered by Stommel, without: Stommel.

Goethes fragment can be downloaded @ digitalisierten Bibliothek München for free.

There are some other operas or Singspiele with original texts by Goethe:

  • opera buffa “L´impresario in angustie” – Musik Cimarosa
  • “Scherz, Liste und Rache” – Musik Philipp Christoph Kayser
  • Singspiel “Erwin und Elmire”
    • Musik Herzogin Anna Amalia
    • Musik Johann André
  • Singspiel “Jery und Bätely” – Musik Reichardt
  • “Faust” – Musik Fürst Antoni Henryk Radziwill
  • a few more

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Wikipedia EN

Ellenberger

Ellenberger

E l l e n b e r g e r, Wolfgang, a fourth students generation after FranzLiszt, digitalized the manuscript partition and the vocal score of the Sarastro opera so that it can be heard probably the first time after 1891 and (partly) 1939, when the first scene was played for the 80th birthday of Goepfart.

On October 3rd, 2024 he published the entire orchestra material so the opera is available again after 133 years, reforming Stage Right you can buy it now for DIRECT download and use it unlimited a theatre-life-time long!

Website Ellenberger

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