Jonny spielt auf, the second opera by 26-year-old composer Ernest Krenek, was such a huge success after its 1927 Leipzig premiere that in the following season it was performed 491 times in Germany alone. Translated into 14 languages, it was given by 42 opera companies worldwide, but by 1931 it disappeared. What happened? Jonny’s success was so widespread that its Wiener Staatsoper premiere knocked Die Fledermaus off the schedule for New Year’s Eve in 1927. In New York, the Met gave it seven per [...]
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