Die schwarze Maske

Die schwarze Maske (The Black Mask) is an opera by composer Krzysztof Penderecki using a German libretto by the composer and Harry Kupfer which is based on a 1928 play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The opera premiered at the Salzburg Festival on 15 August 1986, after which there were productions mounted at the Vienna State Opera and the Great Theatre, Warsaw during the following opera season. The work had its United States premiere on 30 July 1988 at the Santa Fe Opera with a cast that included Mark Lundberg.

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Krzysztof Penderecki

List of compositions

Opera

• The Devils of Loudun
• Paradise Lost
• Die schwarze Maske
• Ubu Rex

Symphonies

• No. 1
• No. 2 "Christmas"
• No. 3
• No. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem"
• No. 8 "Lieder der Vergänglichkeit"

Orchestral

• Emanations
• Anaklasis
• Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
• Polymorphia
• De Natura Sonoris
• The Dream of Jacob

Concertante

• Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra
• Cello Concerto No. 1
• Fonogrammi (flute)
• Partita (harpsichord)

Vocal/Choral

• St Luke Passion
• Utrenja
• Canticum Canticorum Salomonis
• Magnificat
• Polish Requiem
• Credo
• Lacrimosa No. 2

Chamber

• Three Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano
• Clarinet Quartet
• Sextet

Instrumental

• Suite (cello)
• Prelude for Clarinet

Collaborations

• Requiem of Reconciliation (Agnus Dei only)

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