[Translated from Dutch] The American composer Gordon Getty (1933) adapted Oscar Wilde's novella himself for the libretto of his approximately one-hour long, one-act opera The Canterville Ghost. It is an opera in sixteen short scenes that possibly could catch on during a staging, but merely listening, frankly, it leaves a meager impression. I listened to this recording, which was staged in the Leipzig 2015 opera, with the libretto at hand, while following all the descriptions of decor, characters, and actions but never got in the mood. Some apparitions of the crying or growling ghost, whether covered with chains or not, were, in a purely auditory sense, ridiculous. Getty's score is also not able to bring you into the right ambiance. Only in the last scene does the music flourish in the duet between Virginia and Cheshire and is the Gewandhaus Orchestra able to display its rich sound.