Der Thurm zu Babel
Music by Anton Rubinstein · premiered 1870
Der Thurm zu Babel (The Tower of Babel) is a one-act 'sacred opera' by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by Julius Rodenberg based on the story in the Book of Genesis, chapter 11. The opera was written in 1869 and had its first performance in Königsberg on 9 February 1870.
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About the Composer
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (Russian: Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, romanized: Anton Grigoryevich Rubinshteyn; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1829 – 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein, who founded the Moscow Conservatory. As a pianist, Rubinstein ranks among the great 19th-century keyboard virtuosos. He became most famous for his series of historical recitals, seven enormous, consecutive concerts covering the history of piano music. Rubinstein played this series throughout Russia and Eastern Europe and in the United States when he toured there.…
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Other Operas by Anton Rubinstein
- Die Kinder der Heide
- Dmitry Donskoy (1852)
- Fomka the Fool (1853)
- Feramors (1862)
- Die Maccabäer (1872)
- Christus (1887)