Composers and their stage works 



[Christian] Friedrich HEBBEL

German dramatist. Born Wesselburen, Holstein 18 March, 1813. Died Vienna 13 December, 1863.

Stage Works

  1. Judith. Tragedy, 5 acts; prose. Written 1840. Published 1841. Produced Berlin, Hoftheater, July 6, 1840.

  2. Genoveva. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1841. Published 1843. Produced Prague, May 13, 1849; Vienna, Burgtheater, January 20, 1854.

  3. Der Diamant (The Diamond). Comedy, verse prologue and 5 acts; prose. Written 1841. Published 1847. Produced Kremsier, 1852.

  4. Maria Magdalena. Bourgeois tragedy, 3 acts; prose. Written 1843. Published 1844. Produced Konigsberg, March 13, 1846.

  5. Ein Trauerspiel in Sizilien (A Tragedy in Sicily). Tragi-comedy, 1 act; verse. Written 1847. Published 1847. Produced Hamburg, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, October 28, 1907.

  6. Julia. Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1847. Published 1848. Produced Munich, Schauspielhaus, 1903.

  7. Herodes and Mariamne (Herod and Mariamne). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1848. Published 1850. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, April 19, 1849.

  8. Der Rubin (The Ruby). Fairy-tale comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1849. Published 1851. Produced Vienna, Hofburgtheater, November 21, 1849.

  9. Michel Angelo. Drama, 2 acts. Written 1850. Published 1851. Produced Vienna, Quaitheater, April 1, 1861.

  10. Agnes Bernauer. Tragedy, 5 acts; prose. Written 1851. Published 1856. Produced Munich, Hoftheater, March 25, 1852.

  11. Nachspiel zur Genoveva (Epilogue to Genoveva). Play; verse. Written 1851. Published 1852.

  12. Gyges and sein Ring (Gyges and His Ring). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1854. Published 1855. Produced Vienna, Burgtheater, April 25, 1889.

  13. Moloch. Fragment. Play. Written 1858.

The following three plays (Nos. 14, 15, and 16) form the trilogy Die Nibelungen (The Nibelungs).

  1. Der gehornte Siegfried (The Horned Siegfried). Prologue, 1 act; verse. Written 1860. Published 1862. Produced Weimar, Hoftheater, January 31, 1861.

  2. Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried's Death). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1860.
    Published 1862. Produced Weimar, Hoftheater, January 31, 1861.

  3. Kriemhilds Rache (Kriemhild's Revenge). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1860. Published 1862. Produced Weimar, Hoftheater, May 18, 1861.

  4. Demetrius. Tragedy, 5 acts (unfinished). Written 1863. Published 1864.