Die tödlichen Wünsche

Die tödlichen Wünsche, op.27, (The Deadly Wishes) is an opera by Giselher Klebe who also wrote the libretto based on La peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac. It consists of fifteen lyrical scenes in three acts.

It premiered on June 14, 1959 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf. Klebe dedicated it to ‘my beloved wife Lore‘.