Jonny spielt auf | |
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Opera by Ernst Krenek | |
Translation | Jonny Strikes Up |
Librettist | Krenek |
Language | German |
Premiere | 10 February 1927 |
Jonny spielt auf (Jonny Strikes Up), Op. 45, is a German-language Zeitoper with words and music by Austrian composer Ernst Krenek about a jazz violinist. He dedicated the opera to his second wife, Berta Herrmann.[1] A performance lasts about two hours. The work typified the cultural freedom of the 'golden era' of the Weimar Republic.