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[]

  1. ^ Joachim Draheim: Karlsruher Musikgeschichte. Info-Verlag, Karlsruhe 2004, p. 45. ISBN 3-88190-357-7.
  2. ^ Ursula Heukenkamp: Unterm Notdach: Nachkriegsliteratur in Berlin 1945–1949. Erich Schmidt, Berlin 1996, p. 461. ISBN 3-503-03736-5.

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