Ein wahrer Held (A True Hero), Op. 69, is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe who with his wife, Lore Klebe, also wrote the libretto based on the 1907 play The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge.
The opera premiered during the Zurich June Festival on 18 January 1975 at the Zurich Opera House, conducted by Ferdinand Leitner and directed by . Also lists performers.
Roles +RoleVoice typeChristopher Mahone, called ChristytenorThe old Mahone, his fatherbaritoneMichael Jame Flaherty, an innkeeperbaritoneMargaret, called Pegeen Mike, his daughtersopranoShawn Keogh, Pegeen's cousintenorWidow QuinsopranoPhilly Cullen and Jimmy FarellbassSora Tansey, Susan Brady, Honor Blake, Nelly, village girls3 sopranos, contraltoTown crierspoken roleFarmers and their wives
References