List of operas by Krenek
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Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n-born (later American) composer Ernst Krenek
Ernst Krenek
Ernst Krenek was an Austrian of Czech origin and, from 1945, American composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now , a study of Johannes Ockeghem , and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music...

(1900–1991).
Opus|Genre|Libretto|Première dateFranz Werfel
Franz Werfel
Franz Werfel was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet.- Biography :Born in Prague , Werfel was the first of three children of a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods. His mother, Albine Kussi, was the daughter of a mill owner...

1922 20 October 1924 Berlin
Berlin
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, Staatsoper
17 Der Sprung über den Schatten komische Oper 3 acts composer 1923 9 June 1924 Frankfurt am Main, Alte Oper
Alte Oper
The Alte Oper is a major concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The building was inaugurated in 1880. Many important works have been premiered at the Alte Oper, including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in 1937....

21 Orpheus und Eurydike
Orpheus und Eurydike
Orpheus und Eurydike is an opera by Ernst Krenek. The German text is based on a play by Oskar Kokoschka.Kokoschka began writing his play during his convalescence and it premiered in 1921, one year before Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus appeared...

Schauspiel 3 acts Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes.-Biography:...

1923 27 November 1926 Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...

, Staatstheater
Staatstheater Kassel
The Staatstheater Kassel is a state-owned and -operated theater in Kassel, Germany.- History :A permanent theatre house already existed in Kassel during the first decade of the 17th century. It stood immediately next to the Ottoneum near the State Theatre which is now used as a Natural History...

36 Bluff musikalische Komödie 3 acts Carl von Levetzow, after George Gribble 1924-25    
45 Jonny spielt auf
Jonny spielt auf
Jonny spielt auf is an opera with words and music by Ernst Krenek about a jazz violinist. The work typified the cultural freedom of the 'golden era' of the Weimar Republic.-Performance history:...

2 acts composer 1925 10 February 1927 Leipzig
Leipzig
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, Opera
49 Der Diktator
Der Diktator
Der Diktator is a tragic opera in one act with words and music by Ernst Krenek, his opus 49 and the first of three one-acters which premiered on May 6, 1928 in Wiesbaden...

tragische Oper 1 act composer 1926 6 May 1928 Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

, Staatstheater
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden is the State Theatre of the German state Hesse in the capital Wiesbaden, producing operas, plays, ballets, musicals and concerts on four stages. It is also known as Staatstheater Wiesbaden or Theater Wiesbaden...

50 Das geheime Königreich Märchenoper 1 act composer 1926-27 6 May 1928 Wiesbaden, Staatstheater
55 Schwergewicht, oder Die Ehre der Nation
Schwergewicht
Schwergewicht, oder Die Ehre der Nation is a burleske Operette with text and music by Ernst Krenek, his opus 55 and the third of his 1928 one-acters...

burleske Operette 1 act composer 5 November 1927 Cologne
Cologne
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, Opera
60 Leben des Orest
Leben des Orest
Leben des Orest is a grand opera in five acts with words and music both by Ernst Krenek. It is his opus 60 and the first of his own libretti with an antique setting. The score is inscribed with the dates of composition: August 8, 1928 – May 13, 1929, and includes indications of recommended cuts...

grosse Oper 5 acts composer 1928-29 19 January 1930 Leipzig, Neues Theater
66 Kehraus um St Stephan Satire mit musik 2 acts composer 1930 6 December 1990 Vienna, Ronacher
73 Karl V
Karl V
Karl V is an opera, described as a Bühnenwerk mit Musik by Ernst Krenek, his opus 73. The German libretto is by the composer....

Bühnenwerk mit Musik 2 parts composer 1931-33 first version: 22 June 1938;
second version: 11 May 1958
Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Neues Deutsches Theater;
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
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, Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein is an opera company based in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. The opera also has an associated classical ballet company....

77 Cefalo e Procri
Cefalo e Procri
Cefalo e Procri is a chamber opera in three scenes and a prolog by Ernst Krenek, his opus 77, begun in 1933 and finished August 3, 1934...

fable prologue and 3 scenes Rinaldo Küfferle 15 September 1934 Venice
Venice
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, Teatro Goldoni
Teatro Goldoni
The Teatro Goldoni is one of the major theatres and opera houses of Venice. Today it is the home of the Teatro Stabile del Veneto...

90 Tarquin
Tarquin (opera)
Tarquin is a chamber opera by Ernst Krenek to an English libretto by Emmet Lavery. Written in 1940, it is Krenek's only unpublished opera , though a premiere in German translation Tarquin is a chamber opera by Ernst Krenek to an English libretto by Emmet Lavery. Written in 1940, it is Krenek's only...

drama with music 2 parts Emmet Lavery 1940-41 16 July 1950 Keulen, Städtische Bühnen
111 What Price Confidence?
What Price Confidence?
What Price Confidence? is a chamber opera in nine scenes with music and libretto by Ernst Krenek, his opus 111...

komische Kammeroper 9 scenes composer 1945-46 22 May 1962 Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken
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, Stadttheater
125 Dark Waters   1 act composer 1950 2 May 1951 Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, Bovard Auditorium
144 Pallas Athene weint prologue and 3 acts composer 1952-55 17 October 1955 Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Staatsoper
153 The Bell Tower
The Bell Tower
The Bell Tower is a chamber opera in one act by Ernst Krenek, his opus 153. The English libretto by the composer was inspired by the novella by Herman Melville, the events only mysteriously hinted at in the story becoming a point of departure for the explicit dramatic action of Krenek's piece...

1 act composer, after Herman Melville
Herman Melville
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd....

1955-56 17 March 1957 Urbana, Illinois
Urbana, Illinois
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, Lincoln Hall Theatre
179 Ausgerechnet und verspielt Spieloper
Spieloper
In the 19th century, Spieloper was understood to mean a light opera genre, developed from Singspiel. Works typical of the genre include those by Albert Lortzing, such as Zar und Zimmermann, and Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor...

1 act composer 25 July 1962 Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, ORF
ORF
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186 Der goldene Bock (Chrysomallos)   4 acts composer 1962-63 16 June 1964 Hamburg, Staatsoper
192 Der Zauberspiegel television opera 14 scenes composer 1963-66 6 September 1967 Munich
Munich
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, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk
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206 Sardakai, oder Das kommt davon 11 scenes composer 1967-69 27 June 1970 Hamburg, Staatsoper
217 Flaschenpost vom Paradies oder Der englische Ausflug television opera composer 1973 8 March 1974 Vienna, ORF
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