Der Silbersee

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Operas and musicals by Kurt Weill
Der Protagonist	1926
Mahagonny-Songspiel	1927
Der Zar lässt sich photographieren	1928
The Threepenny Opera	1928
Happy End	1929
Der Lindberghflug (with Paul Hindemith)	1929
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny	1930
Der Jasager	1930
Die Bürgschaft	1932
Der Silbersee	1933
The Seven Deadly Sins	1933
Der Kuhhandel	1935
Johnny Johnson	1936
The Eternal Road	1937
Knickerbocker Holiday	1938
Lady in the Dark	1940
One Touch of Venus	1943
The Firebrand of Florence	1945
Street Scene	1946
Down in the Valley	1948
Love Life	1948
Lost in the Stars	1949
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Der Silbersee: ein Wintermärchen (The Silverlake: a Winter's Fairy Tale') is an opera by Kurt Weill. The German libretto was written by Georg Kaiser.

Der Silbersee was Weill's last production for Germany. Designed for theatre rather than opera companies - it was designated as a 'play with music' - it was nevertheless orchestrated for 30 musicians and requires a large cast of technically competent singers.

[edit] Performance history

It was first performed on 18 February 1933 - simultaneously - in three different theatres: at the Altes Theater in Leipzig, the Stadttheater in Erfurt and the Stadttheater in Magdeburg. The premieres were a success but further performances were banned in the aftermath of the Reichstag fire of 27 February 1933.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 18 February 1933 (Conductor: - )
Severin	tenor
Olim	baritone
Frau von Laub, Olim's housekeeper	mezzo-soprano
Fennimore, Frau von Laub's niece	soprano
A policeman	spoken role

[edit] Sources

• Hinton, Stephen (1992), "Der Silbersee" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7