Jonny spielt auf
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Orpheus und Eurydike (1926) |
Jonny spielt auf (Jonny Strikes Up) is an opera with words and music by Ernst Krenek about a jazz violinist. It was premiered at the Stadttheater, Leipzig on 10 February 1927 and was a tremendous success in Germany, providing Krenek with the financial security to be able to devote all his time to composing. However, with the rise of the Nazi movement, the opera encountered hostility in Vienna in 1927-1928 from Nazi sympathisers, and the same protests occurred several years later in Munich. After the National Socialists attained power in Germany, they banned the opera.[1]
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[edit] Roles
- Anita, an opera singer (soprano)
- Max, a composer (tenor)
- Daniello, a virtuoso violinist (baritone)
- Jonny, a black jazz band fiddler (baritone)
- Yvonne, a hotel chambermaid (soprano)
- Hotel director (tenor)
- Railway employee (tenor)
- Artists' manager (tenor)
- First policeman (tenor)
- Second policeman (baritone)
- Third policeman (bass)
[edit] Selected recordings
- Decca 436 631-2: Alessandra Marc, Krister St. Hill, Michael Kraus, Maria Posselt, Andreas Korn, Gunar Kaltofen, Roald Reinecke, Dieter Scholz; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Lothar Zagrosek, conductor[1]
- Vanguard Classics: Lucia Popp, Gerd Feldhoff, Thomas Stewart, Leo Heppe, Evelyn Lear; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Heinrich Hollreiser, conductor
[edit] References
[edit] Source
- Holden, Amanda, Viking Opera Guide ,Viking, 1993
- Taylor-Jay, Claire, The Artist-Operas of Pfitzner, Krenek, and Hindemith: Politics and the Ideology of the Artist, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.
