The Bell Tower

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Operas by Ernst Krenek

Orpheus und Eurydike (1926)
Jonny spielt auf (1927)
Der Diktator (1928)
Schwergewicht (1928)
Leben des Orest (1930)
Cefalo e Procri (1934)
Karl V (1938)
Tarquin (1950)
The Bell Tower (1957)
What Price Confidence? (1962)
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The Bell Tower is a chamber opera in one act by Ernst Krenek, his opus 153. The English libretto by the composer was inspired by the novella by Herman Melville, the events only mysteriously hinted at in the story becoming a point of departure for the explicit dramatic action of Krenek's piece.[1] It was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation and written in 1955-6, receiving its premiere March 17, 1957 at the University of Illinois (recorded on CRS 5).

[edit] References

  1. ^ author's forward in Prosa Dramen Verse (1965)


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