from the opera with dance Schau nicht zurück, Orfeo! based on Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera.
text by Patricia Anne Simpson
set for mezzo-soprano and piano
by Stefan Hakenberg
and Christian Reuter
1. Orfeos erste Schmerzensarie
2. Song an die Fürchterlichen
3. Arie im Elysium
4. Orfeos zweiter Schmerzensgesang
(-) World premieres of No.s 3 and 4: 2013, Recital Hall, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria; Tara Venditti (mezzo-soprano), Siegmund Watty (piano).
(-) World premieres of No.s 1 and 2, and European premieres of No.s 3 and 4: 2016, Christophorushaus, Evangelische Südostgemeinde, Darmstadt, Germany; Tara Venditti (mezzo-soprano), Kristin Ditlow (piano).
(-) American premiere: 2016, University of New Mexico, Keller Hall, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tara Venditti (mezzo-soprano), Kristin Ditlow (piano)
(-) Austrian premiere of No. 4: 2023, Kunstuni Graz, Ira Malaniuk Saal; Ana Vidmar (mezzo-soprano) and Rita Melem (piano)