Arthur Kusterer
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Arthur Kusterer (1945)
Arthur Kusterer (14 June 1898 – 23 December 1967 in Altensteig) was a German composer and conductor. His best-known work is his opera adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Life[]
Born in Karlsruhe, Kusterer attended the Badisches Konservatorium there, which was founded in 1884. He later worked as a pianist and répétiteur at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Until 1936, he lived as a freelance composer in his home town and had success on "many German stages" with Spielopers such as Was ihr wollt and Diener zweier Herren.[1] On 16 August 1945, at the reopening of the Friedenau Theatre in Rheinstraße in Berlin, Kusterer conducted Rossini's The Barber of Seville.[2]
Work[]
- Der kleine Klaus und der große Klaus, opera after Andersen. (1927)
- Was ihr wollt, opera after Shakespeare. (1932 in Dresden)
- Diener zweier Herren, three acts opera after Goldoni. (1936 in Freiburg)
- Katarina, Opera. (premiere 1939 in Berlin)
- Gloriolus, komische Opera in zwei Akten nach Miles Gloriosus by Plautus. (composed in 1955–61.)
- Konzert für Streichorchester. (1950 bei den Ludwigsburger Festspielen)
Further reading[]
- Joachim Draheim: Arthur Kusterer (1898–1967): Biographie und Werkverzeichnis. Süddeutscher Musikverlag W. Müller, Heidelberg 1983.
References[]
External links[]
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- Literature by and about Arthur Kusterer in the German National Library catalogue
Categories:
- 20th-century German composers
- German conductors (music)
- German opera composers
- 20th-century classical composers
- 1898 births
- 1967 deaths
- Musicians from Karlsruhe