Die wundersame Schustersfrau

Die wundersame Schustersfrau (The Wondrous Cobbler's Wife) is an opera in two acts by Udo Zimmermann, with a libretto which he wrote with Eberhard Schmidt based on the 1930 Spanish play La zapatera prodigiosa, a farsa violenta by Federico García Lorca and translated by Enrique Beck. The opera was first performed on 25 April 1982 at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, staged by Alfred Kirchner. History Die wundersame Schustersfrau is Zimmermann's fifth opera and the first not premiered in the GDR. He wrote it on a commission by the broadcaster Süddeutscher Rundfunk after the success of his opera Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin at the 1977 Schwetzingen Festival. The libretto, based on 's German version of Lorca's La zapatera prodigiosa, was written by the composer and Lutz Eberhard Schmidt. Zimmermann completed the composition in 1981. The premiere, as part of the Schwetzingen Festival at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen on 25 April 1982, was produced by the Hamburg State Opera, conducted by Peter Gülke and staged by Alfred Kirchner. During the same season, the opera was performed in Karlsruhe, Bielefeld and the Leipzig Opera, the first performance in the GDR.