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Title of the work

Das Heimchen am Herd / The Cricket on the Hearth

Composer
Goldmark Károly
Original / Hungarian title
Das Heimchen am Herd / A házi tücsök
Foreign language / English title
Das Heimchen am Herd / The Cricket on the Hearth
Subtitle
Opera in 3 Acts
Year of composition
1896
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
Bar., T., 3 S., Ms. - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 3 fl., 3 ob., 3 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 4 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb. - on stage: tr.
Text
WILLNER, Alfred Maria; DICKENS, Charles
Language
German
Premiere information
1896, Vienna

4 October 1896, National Opera, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Edition Emil Berté & Cie. Leipzig 1896, Plate E.B. & Cie. 204 (Piano edition)
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1 min. sample
1 Ach das ist Herrlich
2 Ein Geheimnis
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Alfred Maria Willner after Charles Dickens´ tale