Die Zaubergeige

*Die Zaubergeige*
Die Zaubergeige
Opera by Werner Egk
Translation	The magic violin
Librettist	Ludwig Strecker Jr.
Language	German
Premiere	22 May 1935; Frankfurt Opera

Last updated April 16, 2025

Die Zaubergeige is a 1935 opera by Werner Egk to a libretto by Ludwig Strecker after Count Franz Pocci. Egk revised the opera in 1954.^[1]

Recordings

Die Zaubergeige (excerpts): Marcel Cordes, Erika Köth, Elisabeth Lindermeier, Gottlob Frick, Richard Holm, Choir & Orchestra of the Bayerisches Staatsoper, Werner Egk

References

↑ 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). "

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[1] 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). "

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v t e Werner Egk
Operas	Columbus (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