Grete Minde (opera)

Grete Minde is an opera by composer Eugen Engel based on the novella by Theodor Fontane. The plot concerns Margarete von Minden, who in 1619 set fire to the town of Tangermünde.[1]

Engel, who made a living as a textile tradesman, entrusted his manuscript score to his daughter when she escaped to the United States in 1941.[2]

Recording

Grete Minde - Marko Pantelic, Kristi Anna Isene, Jan Arik Redmer, Raffaela Lintl, Jadwiga Postrozna, Zoltan Nyari, Paul Sketris, Johannes Stermann, Opernchor Des Theaters Magdeburg, Magdeburgische Philharmonie Anna Skyrleva 2CD 2023 Orfeo

References

The Guardian: Fri 18 Feb 2022 18.01 GMT Letters Harry Schneider Rediscovered opera’s origins in a novel by Germany’s Charles Dickens
Kate Connolly (14 February 2022). "Holocaust victim's opera stored for years in trunk gets premiere at last". the Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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[1] The Guardian: Fri 18 Feb 2022 18.01 GMT Letters Harry Schneider Rediscovered opera’s origins in a novel by Germany’s Charles Dickens

[2] Kate Connolly (14 February 2022). "Holocaust victim's opera stored for years in trunk gets premiere at last". the Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2023.