Bluthochzeit

Bluthochzeit (Blood Wedding) is an opera (lyrische Tragödie) in two acts by Wolfgang Fortner. The libretto, also by Fortner, is based on Enrique Beck's German translation of García Lorca's 1933 play Bodas de sangre. It premiered at the Cologne Opera on 8 June 1957.

Bluthochzeit
Opera by Wolfgang Fortner
Cologne Opera House shortly before the premiere of Bluthochzeit
TranslationBlood Wedding
LibrettistWolfgang Fortner
LanguageGerman
Based onGarcía Lorca's Bodas de sangre, translated by Enrique Beck
Premiere
8 June 1957 (1957-06-08)
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