I have recently acquired 14 programme books for contemporary operas :
- Wolfgang Böhmer : SommerNachtTraum, Berlin, July 27, 2001, with complete cast leaflet. The opera was first performed at the Kloster Neuzelle on July 22, 2000. It is a 16 pages booklet ;
- Edison Denisov : L'Ecume des jours (Froth on the Daydream), Stuttgart, December 1, 2012, with complete cast leaflet. The opera was first performed in Paris (Opéra Comique) on March 15, 1986. It is a 76 pages book ;
- Detlev Glanert : Die drei Rätsel (The Three Riddles), Bonn, July 11, 2004, with complete cast on separate sheet paper. The opera was first performed in Halle on October 12, 2003. It is a folded poster ;
- Volker David Kirchner : Belshazar, München, January 28, 1986 (with complete cast leaflet). The opera was first performed in München on January 25, 1985. It is a 96 pages book ;
- Luca Lombardi : Prospero, Nürnberg, April 15, 2006 (world première performance). It is a 48 pages book ;
- Siegfried Matthus : Judith, Berlin (Komische Oper), March 4, 1989 (with complete cast leaflet). The opera was first performed in the same theater on September 29, 1985. It is a 20 pages booklet ;
- Siegfried Matthus : Omphale, Weimar, September 7, 1976 (world première), with complete cast on separate sheet paper. It is a 16 pages booklet ;
- Olivier Messiaen : Saint François d'Assise, Leipzig, November 8, 1998, with complete cast on separate sheet paper. It is a 56 pages booklet. The opera was first performed in Paris (Palais Garnier) on November 28, 1983. I have other programme books for performances in Paris (1992) and München (2011) ;
- Einojuhani Rautavaara : Vincent, Hagen, October 5, 1991 (with complete cast leaflet). The opera was first performed in Helsinki on May 17, 1990. It is a 28 pages booklet ;
- Aribert Reimann : Melusine, Nürnberg, May 12, 2007. The opera was first performed in Schwetzingen on April 29, 1971. It is a 48 pages book. I have another programme book for performances in München (1997) ;
- Aribert Reimann : Troades, München, July 7, 1986 (world première), with complete cast leaflet. It is a 116 pages book ;
- Wolfgang Rihm : Jakob Lenz, Stuttgart, November 2, 2014, with complete cast on a separate leaflet. It is a 56 pages book. The opera was first performed in Hamburg on March 8, 1979. I also have programmes for performances in Strasbourg (1993), Nanterre (1995) and Lugo (2012) ;
- Kaija Saariaho : Adriana Mater, Helsinki, February 23, 2008. It is a 32 pages booklet. The opera was first performed in Paris (Opéra Bastille) on April 3, 2006. I also have the programme book for the world première ;
- Vladimir Tarnopolski : Wenn die Zeit über die Ufer tritt (When Time Overflows), München (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz im Prinzregententheater), April 25, 1999 (world première). It is a 64 pages book, with the complete cast on a separate leaflet.
I now have 627 programme books for contemporary operas.
