Chlestakows Wiederkehr, op. 149, (Khlestakov's Return) is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe. He also wrote the libretto, based on the play Der Revisor (The Government Inspector) by Nikolai Gogol. The work lasts about 70 minutes.
The opera premiered on 11 April 2008 at the Landestheater Detmold, Germany. It is Klebe's only comedic opera. His adaptation of the text is only loosely based on Gogol and adds a significant twist in the final scene.
RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 11 April 2008Conductor: Erich WächterAnton Antonowitsch Swosnik,Town GovernorbaritoneAndreas JörenAmmos Fjordorowitsch Ljapkin,JudgetenorByoung Oh KimLuka Lukitsch,School InspectorbaritoneJoachim GoltzArtemij Filipowitsch Semljnanika,Superintendent for the Homeless and the OldbassVladimir MiakotineIwan Kusmitsch Schpekin,Post MastertenorSnorri WiumNatascha Andrejewna,Town Governor's wifemezzo-sopranoBrigitte BaumaOlga Antonowna,Town Governor's daughter)sopranoKirsten Höner zu SiederdissenIwan Alexandrowitsch Chlestakow,a young man from PetersburgtenorJohannes HartenOssip,Chlestakow's servanttenorMarkus GruberMischka,the Town Governor's servantKevin DickmannStephan Iwanowitsch Koropkin,InnkeeperPolicemanspoken roleDirectorKay MetzgerStage & Costume DesignPetra MollérusDramaturgyElisabeth Wirtz The role names above are spelled as in the German text.
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