König Hirsch is an opera in three acts by Hans Werner Henze to a German libretto by Heinz von Cramer after Il re cervo, a theatrical fable by Carlo Gozzi. He revised it as Il re cervo, premiered in 1963 at the Staatstheater Kassel. Wikipedia
Written: 1955
Librettist: Heinz von Cramer
Composer: Hans Werner Henze
First performance: May 5, 1985, Theater des Westens, Berlin, Germany