Korngold, Erich Wolfgang. (1897-1957)
Autograph Musical Quotation - "Violanta"
One bar AMQS from the composer's one-act operatic score, his second, written when he was only seventeen years old. On an album page measuring 19 x 12 cm. Fine.The libretto is by the Austrian playwright Hans Müller-Einigen. It was premiered on 28 March 1916 at the National Theatre Munich together with the composer's other one-act opera Der Ring des Polykrates, Op. 7, with Bruno Walter conducting. The North American premiere was given on 5 November 1927 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City with Maria Jeritza in the title role. (11587)
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