The jump over the shadow
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Title: | The jump over the shadow |
Original language: | German |
Music: | Ernst Krenek |
Libretto : | Ernst Krenek |
Premiere: | June 9, 1924 |
Place of premiere: | Frankfurt Opera House |
Playing time: | approx. 170 min. |
Place and time of the action: | A small residential city of the present |
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The jump over the shadow (op. 17) is a comic opera in 3 acts and 10 pictures by Ernst Krenek and was premiered on June 9, 1924 under the direction of Ludwig Rottenberg in a production by Walther Brügmann in the Frankfurt Opera House . In retrospect, it is seen as a milestone in the development and establishment of jazz opera . Krenek himself saw it as a preliminary study for his main work Jonny plays on . Krenek uses a collage technique as an essential stylistic device .
literature
- Wolfgang Rogge : Ernst Krenek's operas. Twenties mirror . Möseler Wolfenbüttel / Zurich 1970, pp. 16-17
Web links
- Article at musikmph.de