Der Handschuh (Waterhouse) Der Handschuh (Waterhouse) Der Handschuh ("The Glove") is a composition by Graham Waterhouse. He wrote the setting of Friedrich Schiller's ballad for cello and speaking voice in 2005. It was published in 2007 in Heinrichshofen's Verlag. Graham Waterhouse composed "Der Handschuh" in 2005, as a kind of melodrama in the tradition of spoken narrative to instrumental accompaniment, such as ballads by Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss, a crucial scene of Weber's opera "Der Freischütz" and 20th century settings by Schoenberg, William Walton, Henze and Poulenc's L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant. It is the composer's first major work for the
Bampton Classical Opera Westonbirt School, as well as on tour to UK festivals. They also give concert performances of operas at St John's, Smith Square, the Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room in London. The company has an outreach programme, Bampton Schools' Opera, which gives workshops on the operas they have staged or plan to stage, and provides secondary school students with the opportunity to participate in opera rehearsals. In 2002, Bampton Classical Opera performed the United Kingdom première of "The Philosopher's Stone" ("Der Stein der Weisen"), a singspiel by Emanuel Schikaneder composed in collaboration with Mozart, Henneberg, Schack, and Gerl. In 2004,