Leben des Orest

Leben des Orest
Grand opera by Ernst Krenek
LibrettistKrenek
LanguageGerman
Based onOrestes
Premiere
19 January 1930 (1930-01-19)
Neues Theater, Leipzig

Leben des Orest (The Life of Orestes) is a grand opera in five acts (eight scenes) with words and music both by Ernst Krenek. It is his Op. 60 and the first of his own libretti with an antique setting.[1] The score is inscribed with the dates of composition, 8 August 1928 – 13 May 1929, and includes indications of recommended cuts made for the first production. It premiered at the Neues Theater in Leipzig on 19 January 1930,[2] and opened at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin in early March of the same year (Leichtentritt 1930, 366).

  1. ^ Orpheus und Eurydike of 1923 used a libretto by Oskar Kokoschka [Bowles 2001])
  2. ^ Krenek's song cycle Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen had its premiere earlier the same day.