Arthur Kusterer
Arthur Kusterer (born June 14, 1898 in Karlsruhe , † December 23, 1967 in Altensteig ) was a German composer and conductor . He is best known for his opera version of What you want .
Life
Arthur Kusterer grew up in Karlsruhe, where he attended the Baden Conservatory founded in 1884 . Later he worked as a pianist and répétiteur at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe . He lived as a freelance composer in his hometown until 1936 and had "success on many German stages" with operas such as Was ihr wollt and Diener Zwei Herren . On August 16, 1945 conducted Kusterer at the reopening of the peace Auer theater in the Rhine in Berlin the Barber of Seville by Rossini .
Works (selection)
- Little Klaus and Big Klaus , opera based on Andersen . (Premiere 1927)
- Whatever you want , Shakespeare opera . (Premiere 1932 in Dresden)
- Servant of two masters , opera in three acts after Goldoni . (Premiere 1936 in Freiburg)
- Katarina , opera. (Premiere 1939 in Berlin)
- Gloriolus , comic opera in two acts based on Miles Gloriosus by Plautus . (Composed 1955–61.)
- Concert for string orchestra . (Premiere 1950 at the Ludwigsburg Festival)
literature
- Joachim Draheim: Arthur Kusterer (1898 - 1967): biography and catalog raisonné . Süddeutscher Musikverlag W. Müller, Heidelberg 1983.
Web links
Commons : Arthur Kusterer - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Arthur Kusterer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Joachim Draheim: Karlsruhe Music History . Info-Verlag, Karlsruhe 2004, p. 45. ISBN 3-88190-357-7 .
- ↑ Ursula Heukenkamp: Under the Emergency Roof: Post-War Literature in Berlin 1945 - 1949 . Erich Schmidt, Berlin 1996, SS 461. ÍSBN 3-503-03736-5.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kusterer, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1967 |
| Place of death | Altensteig |