MARK ALBURGER, 2016: July 24

Eighth rehearsal of

ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER MAHLER GROPIUS WERFEL, Op. 232 (as part of Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera's Fresh Voices XVI: Memories and Desires (8:15pm, Fridays / Saturdays, August 12-13, 26-27, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA)

I. 1879 - ANNA SOFIE BERGEN (Alma's Mother)
II. 1880 - JULIUS VIKTOR BERGER (Alma's Mother's First Lover)
III. 1881 - MARGARETHE (GRETE) JULIE SCHINDLER (Alma's Half Sister)
IV. 1882 - OMA BERGEN (Photo I - Five Songs: I)
V. 1883 - MANON AUGUSTE PAULINE SCHARMWEBER GROPIUS (Gropius's Mother)
VI. 1884 - EMIL JAKOB SCHINDLER (Alma's Father)
VII. 1885 - GUSTAV MAHLER (Alma's First Husband)

VIII. 1886 - OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Alma's Lover)
IX. 1887 - PRINCE RUDOLF (Alma's Father's Employer)

X. 1888 - ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER (Photo II - Five Songs: II)
XI. 1889 - CARL MOLL (Alma's Mother's Second Lover)
XII. 1890 - FRANZ VIKTOR WERFEL (Alma's Second Husband)

XIII. 1891 - GEZA ZICHY (Mahler's Rival)

XIV. 1892 - SYLT (Alma's First Compositonal Efforts and Father's Death)
XV. 1893 - ALMA / SOPHIE / GRETE (Photo III - Five Songs: III)
XVI. 1894 - SCHULE (Alma's Education)
XVII. 1895 - MAX BURCKHARD / OTTO MAHLER
(Alma's First Kiss / Gustav's Brother's Suicide / Br III)

XVIII. 1895 - JOSEF LABOR (Alma's First Teacher)

XIX. 1897 - GUSTAV KLIMT (Alma's Second Kiss)
XX. 1898 - ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (Alma's Artistic Associations)
XXI. 1899 - MARIA MOLL (Photo IV - Five Songs: IV)

XXII. 1900 - ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY (Alma's Second Teacher / First Lover)
XXIII. 1901 - GUSTAV MAHLER (Alma's First Husband)
XXIV. 1902 - RICHARD STRAUSS / MARIA ANNA "PUTZI"
     (Mahler's Friend / Alma's 1st Daughter)
XXV. 1903 - HAUPTMAN / PFITZNER / P. STRAUSS / GOLDMARK / CHARPENTIER
          (Viennese Life)
XXVI. 1904 - ANNA JUSTINE "GUCKI" / GABRILOWITSCH
     (In the Country / Alma's 2nd Daughter)
XXVII. 1905 - FELIX MUHR / GUSTAV MAHLER (In the Theatre)
XXVIII. 1906 - ALMA / GUSTAV (In the Home)
XXIX. 1907 - NEW YORK / CARUSO / SIBELIUS / STRAVINSKY / MARIA ANNA
     (In the City)
XXX. 1908 - TOBLACH (Mahler's Premonitions of Death)
XXXI. 1909 - RODIN / DEBUSSY / TOSCANINI / KORNGOLD (Mahler's Fame)
XXXII. 1910 - WALTER GROPIUS / SIGMUND FREUD
     (Alma's First Affair / Mahler's Psychoanalysis)
XXXIII. 1911 - MAHLER / FRAENKEL / SCHREKER (Mahler's Death / Bruckner Third)

XXXIV. 1912 - PAUL KAMMERER / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Alma's Lovers)
XXXV. 1913 - ALMA MAHLER / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
(Kokoschka's Paintings - Bride of the Wind)
XXXVI. 1914 - OSKAR KOKOSCHKA / HANS PFITZNER (World War I)
XXXVII. 1915 - SIGFRIED OCHS / WALTER GROPIUS / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
(Alma's 2nd Husband)

XXXVIII. 1916 - MANON GROPIUS (Alma's 3rd Daughter)
XXXIX. 1917 - ALMA GROPIUS / FRANZ WERFEL (Alma's Second Affair)

XL. 1918 - HULDA RESERL / HERMINE MOOS / MARTIN WERFEL
(Kokoschka's Doll / Alma's Son)

XLI. 1919 - THE PUPPET (Alma's Image)
XLII. 1920 - GROPIUS / PROSTITUTE / FESTIVAL (Alma's Divorce)
XLIII. 1921 - SCHOENBERG / RAVEL / BERG / MILHAUD / POULENC (Alma's Soirees)
XLIV. 1922 - RUPERT KOLLER / ERNST KRENEK (Alma's Sons-in-Law)
XLV. 1923 - ERNST KRENEK / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Alma's Encounters)

XLVI. 1924 - SCHOENBERG / WEBERN / BERG / KRENEK / SHOSTAKOVICH (Mahler's 10th)
XLVII. 1925 - ALBAN BERG / HANNA FUCHS-ROBETTIN (Alma's Courier Service)

XLVIII. 1926 - ALBRECHT JOSEPH / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA / PAUL KAMMERER
(Alma's Inspiration)
XLIX. 1927 - FRANZ WERFEL / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Alma's Indecision)
L. 1928 - ALBAN BERG / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Kokoschka's Letters)
LI. 1929 - FRANZ WERFEL / MANON GROPIUS (Alma's Third Husband)
LII. 1930 - ANNA MAHLER / PAUL VON ZSOLNAY (Anna's Third Marriage)
LIII. 1931 - SHAW / ZSOLNAY (Photo V / FiveSongs: V / Anna's 3rd Separation)

LIV. 1932 - THEO JOHANNES HOLLNSTEINER (Alma's Religious Affair)
LV. 1933 - HEINRICH BRUENING / ADOLF HITLER (Alma's World)
LVI. 1934 - ELIAS CANETTI / MAID (Manon's polio)

LVII. - 1935 MANON GROPIUS / ALBAN BERG (Manon and Berg's Deaths)
LVIII. 1936 - JOHANNES HOLLNSTEINER / KURT SCHUSCHNIGG (Manon's Eulogy)
LIX. 1937 - WERFEL / ZUCKMAYER / VON PAPEN / KOKOSCHKA (Alma's Farewell Party)
LX. 1938 - ANSCHLUSS (Alma's Departure)

First time entirely through the opera in a rehearsal -- each number given approximately 3 minutes, such that 1st and 2nd halves of opera each take about 1 1/2 hours, for the 3-hour interval...