Gunther Schuller

Schuller is a former classical and jazz horn player, having played and recorded both with major orchestras (including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) and with jazz greats like Miles Davis. In addition to being a passionate advocate and scholar of jazz music, Schuller's catalog as a composer of contemporary concert music is extensive and includes two operas, one of them the evening-length The Visitation.

• The Visitation, opera in three acts
  Libretto by the composer after the novel Der Prozess (The Trial) by Franz Kafka.
  1966, Hamburg, Germany
• The Fisherman and His Wife, children's opera in thirteen scenes
  Libretto by John Updike after the story by the Brothers Grimm.
  May 7, 1970, Boston, Massachusetts

Discography

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