Columbus (opera)

Columbus
Radio opera by Werner Egk
The composer on a German stamp
Language	German

Columbus is a 1933 opera by Werner Egk. Originally a radio opera, Egk revised it in 1942 for the stage.^[1]

Recording

Columbus - Ernst Gutstein, Fritz Wunderlich, Hans Herbert Fiedler, Willy Ferenz, Georg Pappas, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Werner Egk

↑ The Oxford Dictionary of Music 0199578540 ed. Michael Kennedy, Tim Rutherford-Johnson, Joyce Kennedy-2013 p.256 "operas: Columbus (1933 radio, 1942 stage); Die Zaubergeige (1935, rev. 1954); *Peer Gynt (1938); Circe (1945, rev. 1966 as 17 Tage und 4 Minuten); *Irische Legende (after Yeats, 1955, rev. 1970); Der Revisor (after Gogol's The *Government Inspector, 1957); Die Verlobung in San Domingo (1963). "

Werner Egk
Operas	Columbus (opera) (1933, 1942) Die Zaubergeige (1935, 1954) Peer Gynt (1938) Circe (1945, 17 Tage und 4 Minuten 1966) Irische Legende (1955, 1975) Der Revisor (1957) Die Verlobung in San Domingo (1963)
Category:Compositions by Werner Egk

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