Die Prinzessin Girnara
Music by Egon Wellesz · libretto by Jakob Wassermann · premiered 1921
Die Prinzessin Girnara (The Princess Girnara), Op. 27, is an opera in two acts by Egon Wellesz to a libretto by Jakob Wassermann which he based on his own text. It was the composer's first opera. The world premiere was performed on 14 May 1921 simultaneously at the Oper Frankfurt and the Opernhaus Hannover. A revised version was first performed at the Nationaltheater Mannheim in 1928.
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About the Composer
Egon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music.
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Other Operas by Egon Wellesz
- Die Opferung des Gefangenen (1926)
- Die Bakchantinnen (1931)