Aribert Reimann

Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936 in Berlin) is an German opera composer and pianist. His version of King Lear was written at the suggestion of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau who sang the title role.

Stage works
Ein Traumspiel (after August Strindberg) (1965)
Melusine (after Yvan Goll) (1971)
Lear (after William Shakespeare) (1978)
Die Gespenstersonate (after August Strindberg) (1984)
Troades (after Euripides) (1986)
Das Schloss (after Franz Kafka) (1992)
Bernarda Albas Haus (after Federico García Lorca)