The Long Christmas Dinner is an opera in one act by Paul Hindemith, with a English libretto by Thornton Wilder based on his play of the same name.
Wilder collaborated with the composer in order to make the text work effectively with the music. It was arranged for chamber orchestra and used a harpsichord.
It was first performed on 13 March 1963, at the Juilliard School of Music, New York under the direction of the composer.
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The Long Christmas Dinner is an opera in one act by Paul Hindemith, with a English libretto by Thornton Wilder based on his play of the same name.
Wilder collaborated with the composer in order to make the text work effectively with the music. It was arranged for chamber orchestra and used a harpsichord.
It was first performed on 13 March 1963, at the Juilliard School of Music, New York under the direction of the composer.
A digital recording of the work on the Wergo label was performed in the German language. Hindemith himself provided the translation of the English libretto into German. A commercial recording of a performance in English has yet to be done.
The opera depicts 90 years in the history of the mid-western Bayard family.
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