Opera in the Repertoire · Early Modern
Columbus
Music by Werner Egk · libretto by Werner Egk · premiered 1933
Columbus is a 1933 opera by Werner Egk. Originally a radio opera, Egk revised it in 1942 for the stage. The Munich premiere was acclaimed in the press and joined the year's repertoire at the Freiburg Theatre, though some dissented. The lack of melody in the opera brought negative comment from Richard Strauss in comparison to Meyerbeer's grand opera on the life of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama L'Africaine.
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About the Composer
Werner Egk is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Werner Egk
- Die Zaubergeige (1935)
- Circe (1945)
- Irische Legende (1955)
- Der Revisor (1957)
- Die Verlobung in San Domingo (1960)