Das geheime Königreich
Music by Ernst Krenek · libretto by Ernst Krenek · premiered 1928 · at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Das geheime Königreich (The Secret Kingdom) is an opera in one act with words and music by Ernst Krenek, his Op. 50 and the second of three one-acters (with Der Diktator and Schwergewicht, oder Die Ehre der Nation) which premiered on 6 May 1928 at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden as part of the Mai-Festwoche Wiesbaden. It is subtitled Märchenoper in 1 Akt (fairy-tale opera in one act) and has been called a satirical fairy-tale opera.
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About the Composer
Ernst Heinrich Krenek (23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now (1939), a study of Johannes Ockeghem (1953), and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music (1974). Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe.
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Other Operas by Ernst Krenek
- Jonny spielt auf
- Der Sprung über den Schatten (1924)
- Der Diktator (1928)
- Cefalo e Procri (1933)