Bluthochzeit
| Bluthochzeit | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Wolfgang Fortner | |
Cologne Opera House shortly before the premiere of Bluthochzeit | |
| Translation | Blood Wedding |
| Librettist | Wolfgang Fortner |
| Language | German |
| Based on | García Lorca's Bodas de sangre, translated by Enrique Beck |
| Premiere | |
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.