Ernst Krenek
Der Diktator
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 0 - timp, perc, str
Duration: 35'
Libretto von: Ernst Krenek
Roles:
The dictator ... baritone Charlotte ... soprano The officer ... tenor Maria ... soprano four silent roles
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
horn in F
trumpet in C
trombone
timpani
percussion
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Krenek - Der Diktator
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Ernst Krenek
Der Diktator - Das geheime Königreich - SchwergewichtType: Libretto/Textbuch
Language: Deutsch
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Even when he was young, Ernst Krenek was a highly political person who displayed an astonishing maturity in his way of thinking and also in his works. Three years after Hitler’s unsuccessful putsch in Munich and two years after Mussolini gained a two-thirds majority in the Italian parliament, Krenek composed a one-act opera for which he wrote his own libretto that urgently highlights the dangers of fascism. Der Diktator is a tragic opera that predicted the tragedy of National Socialist dictatorship.