Ero s onoga svijeta
Music by Jakov Gotovac · libretto by Milan Begović · premiered 1935 · at Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
Ero s onoga svijeta (Croatian for 'Ero from the Other World'), usually translated as Ero the Joker, is a Croatian comic opera in three acts by Jakov Gotovac, with a libretto by Milan Begović based on a folk tale. The genesis of the opera was at Vrlička Česma in the town of Vrlika, a hometown of Milan Begović. According to Croatian musicologist Josip Andreis, Ero s onoga svijeta is "not only the most successful Croatian comic opera to this day, but also the only Croatian opera with a presence in the theaters abroad". American musicologist and music critic Ralph P. Locke described it as one of two major Croatian operas, alongside Nikola Šubić Zrinski.
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About the Composer
Jakov Gotovac is the composer of record for this opera.
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