{{Short description|Opera by Hans Werner Henze}} {{Other uses|Venus and Adonis (disambiguation){{!}}Venus and Adonis}} {{Infobox opera | name = {{Lang|de|Venus und Adonis}} | genre = Opera | composer = Hans Werner Henze | image = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F008277-0008, Köln, Schloss Brühl, Meisterkurse Musik.jpg | image_upright = | caption = The composer in 1960 | description = | librettist = Hans-Ulrich Treichel | language = German | based_on = Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" | premiere_date = {{Start date|1997|01|11|df=y}} | premiere_location = Bavarian State Opera, Munich }} '''''{{Lang|de|Venus und Adonis}}''''' is a one-act opera by Hans Werner Henze with a German libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel, after the poem by William Shakespeare. The work uses singers and dancers.
It was first performed by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich on 11 January 1997.{{sfn|Chōki|1997|loc=18}} The American première was at the Santa Fe Opera in August 2000, staged by Alfred Kirchner, and the same production was used for the Canadian première, which took place in Toronto in 2001.{{sfn|Brockmeier|2003}} The Japanese premiere was given in concert form in Tokyo on 11 January 2001.<ref name=Schott:Perfomances />
==Roles== {| class="wikitable" |+{{sronly|Roles, voice types, premiere cast}} !Role<ref name=Schott:Cast/> !Voice type !Premiere cast, 11 January 1997<br />(Conductor: Markus Stenz){{sfn|Casaglia|2005}} |- |Clemente |tenor |Chris Merritt |- |Heldendarsteller |baritone |Ekkehard Wlaschiha |- |Primadonna |soprano |Nadine Secunde |- |6 Madrigalists | | |}
==References== <references>
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==Sources== *{{cite book|last=Brockmeier|first=Jens|year=2003 |chapter=Mythische Imagination in der Musik Hans Werner Henzes |trans-chapter=Mythical imagination in the music of Hans Werner Henze|title=Hans Werner Henze: Die Vorträge des internationalen Henze-Symposions am Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Hamburg 28. bis 30. Juni 2001|series=Hamburger Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft |volume=20|language=de|editor=Peter Petersen|editor-link=Peter Petersen (musicologist) |location=Frankfurt, Berlin, Bern, Brussels, New York, Oxford, Vienna|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-631-51114-5}} *{{Wikicite|ref={{harvid|Casaglia|2005}}|reference={{Almanacco|dmy=11-01-1997|match=Venus und Adonis}}}} *{{Wikicite|ref={{harvid|Chōki|1997}}|reference=Chōki, Seiji [長木誠司]. 1997. "Hentse no shinsaku opera ''Vinasu to Adonisu'' shoen" [The première of Henze's new opera ''Venus und Adonis'']. ''Ongaku geijutsu'' (March): 18–56.}}
==Further reading== *{{Wikicite|reference=Konold, Wulf. 1996. "''Venus und Adonis'': Hans Werner Henzes Komposition eines Mythos". ''Neue Zeitschrift für Musik'' 157, no. 4 (July–August): 16–21.}} *{{cite book|last=Petersen|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Petersen (musicologist)|year=1999|chapter=Die Oper als Mythos: ''Venus und Adonis'' von Hans Werner Henze|title=Musik und Mythos|language=de|series=Neue Aspekte der musikalischen Ästhetik|volume=5|editor1=Hans Werner Henze|editor2=Michael Kerstan|pages=137–153|location=Frankfurt am Main|publisher=Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag|isbn=3-596-13852-3|ref=none}} *{{cite journal|last=Treichel|first=Hans-Ulrich|author-link=Hans-Ulrich Treichel|year=1996|title=Die Schule des Librettisten|language=de|journal=Neue Zeitschrift für Musik|volume=157|number=4 (July–August)|pages=22–25|ref=none}} *{{cite book|last=Weryha-Wysoczański|first=Chevalier Rafael de|author-link=Rafał de Weryha-Wysoczański|year=2000|chapter=Zwei Aquarelle von Hans Werner Henze|title=Komposition als Kommunikation. Zur Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts|language=de|series=Hamburger Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft|volume=17|editor1=Constantin Floros|editor-link=Constantin Floros|pages=415–421|location=Frankfurt am Main|publisher=Peter Lang Verlag|isbn=3631367457|oclc=925103186|ref=none}}
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