Gervaise Macquart

Gervaise Macquart, Op. 119, is an opera in two acts by Giselher Klebe. His wife, Lore Klebe, wrote the libretto based on the novel L'Assommoir (in German: Der Totschläger [de]) by Émile Zola.

Gervaise Macquart
Opera by Giselher Klebe
The composer in 2008
Librettist	Lore Klebe
Language	German
Based on	L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
Premiere	10 November 1995 (1995-11-10) Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

The opera premiered on 10 November 1995 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany, under the direction of August Everding, conducted by János Kulka,^[1] with Marta Marquez in the title role, Martha Mödl as Bazouga, Markus Müller as Lantier,^[2][3] and Gwendolyn Killebrew as Madame Goujet.^[4]