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.
