Program for "The Black Rider" at Freiburger Theater (1997)









Freiburg, Germany: Freiburger Theater (book, program), 1997.
6.75" x 4.625" x 0.125", 50 pages, softcover, no ISBN.

A program book for the 17 May 1997 production of The Black Rider by Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, and William S. Burroughs, as performed at the Freiburger Theater (Freiburg, Germany). Artistic director was Hans-J. Ammann. General music director was Johannes Fritzsch. This book was produced by Rainald Endraß, with typesetting by Annette Klarmann.

Aside from Burroughs' general contributions to this opera, this book contains the text of Burroughs' "Georg Schmid" in English and German at pages 28-29. 

A photograph of Burroughs with Wilson and Waits is at page 42, with a biography of Burroughs at page 44.

This copy was acquired from Elisabeth Paulitz at programmhefte24.de.

Not in Shoaf.
Not in Schottlaender.

Contents: 

  • Cast and Staff
  • Johann Apel and Friedrich Laun: "Zwei Quellen des 'Black Rider'"
  • Lyrics: 
    • "Black Rider (Opening)" 
    • "But He's Not William"
    • "November"
    • "The Briar and the Rose"
    • "The Right Bullets"
    • "Chase the Clouds Away"
    • "The Flash Pan Hunter"
    • "Georg[e] Schmid"
    • "In the Morning"
    • "I'll Shoot the Moon"
    • "Gospel Train"
    • "The Last Rose of Summer"
    • "Some Lucky Day"
  • unstated: "Die Autoren des 'Black Riders'"
  • unstated: test
  • unstated: "Freikugeln zum Selbermachen"
  • unstated: "Schießübung – Choreographie für Jäger"
  • Textnachweise
  • Bildnachweise

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