List of operas by Krenek
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This is a list of the operas of the Austria
n-born (later American) composer Ernst Krenek
(1900–1991).
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 date | Franz 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 Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... , Staatsoper |
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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 Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing... , Opera |
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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 Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... , Opera |
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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 Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... , 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 Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region... , 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... |
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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 Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live.... , Stadttheater |
125 | Dark Waters | 1 act | composer | 1950 | 2 May 1951 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , Bovard Auditorium |
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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 |
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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 Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area.... , Lincoln Hall Theatre |
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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 ORF may refer to:* ORF , the Austrian public service broadcaster.* Open reading frame, a portion of the genome.* The IATA airport code for Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk, Virginia.* ORF format , Olympus raw image file format.... |
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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 Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , Bayerischer Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :... |
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 |