Eduard Künneke
German composer. Born Emmerich, 27 January 1885; died Berlin, 27 October, 1953
Stage Works (Selective list)
- Die Marmorfrau, not performed
- Robins Ende; opera; libretto by M. Morís; Nationaltheater,
Mannheim, 5 May 1909
- Coeur As; operetta; Libretto by E. Tschirch, after Scribe; Hofoper,
Dresden, Nov 1913:
- Das Dorf ohne Glocke; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by A Pasztor; Berlin.
Friedrich Wilhelmstä dtisches, 5 April 1919:
- Der Vielgeliebte; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by Herman Haller and
Edward Rideamus; Berlin. Nollendorfplatz. Nov 1919;
- Wenn Liebe erwacht (When Love Awakes); Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto
by Herman Haller and Edward Rideamus; Theater am Nollendorfplatz,
Berlin, Aug 1920; As Love's Awakening: adaptation by Adrian
Ross; Empire Theatre, London, 1920 (36 perfs)
- Ehe im Krise (Marriage in Crisis) 1921
- Verliebte Leute; Operetta; Theater am Nollendorf-Platz, Berlin;
15 April, 1922
- Casino Girls (1923)
- Der Vetter aus Dingsda (The Cousin From Nowhere); Operetta; 3 acts;
Libretto by Herman Haller and Edward Rideamus; based on a comedy by
Max Kempner-Hochstä dt; Theater an Nollendorfplatz, Berlin; 15
April 1921: as Caroline; Book & lyrics by Harry B Smith
and Edward Delaney; Ambassador Theatre, New York 31 January 1923 (151
perfs); Prince's Theatre, London as The Cousin From Nowhere adapted by Fred Thompson, Adrian Ross and Douglas Furber; 24 February,
- The Love Song; operetta; 3 acts; based on Offenbach's Life and Music.
Original Hungarian libretto by Eugene (Jeno) Ferago, Mihály
Nador; adapted into German as Meister von Montmartre, Pariser
- Mayflowers; play with music in 2 acts, prologue and 4 secens; libretto
by Clifford Grey; based on the play Not So Long Ago by Arthur
Richman: additional music by J Fred Coots; Forrest Theatre, New York
24 November, 1925 (81 perfs)
- Die hellblauen Schwestern (The Light-Blue Sisters); 1925
- Riki Tiki; musical play in 3 acts; libretto by Leslie Stiles; Gaiety
Theatre, London; 16 April, 1926 (18 perfs)
- Lady Hamilton; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by R. Bars, L. Jacobson);
Schauspielhaus, Breslau, 25 September 1926; as The Song of the
Sea; adaptation by Arthur Wimperis and Lauri Wylie; His Majesty's
- Die blonde Liselott ; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by R. Kessler;
Altenburg. 25 Dec 1927, rev. as Liselott; 1932:
- Der Tenor der Herzogin ; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by Kessler,
after Ilgenstein; Deutsches Theater, Prague. 1929:
- Glückliche Reise (Bon Voyage); Operetta; 3 acts, 7 scenes;
Libretto by Max Bertusch; lyrics by Kurt Schwabach; Theater am Kurfü
rstendamm, Berlin; 23 Nov 1932;
- Liselott; Operetta; Admiralspalast Berlin; February, 1932
- Glückliche Reise; Operetta; Berlin; 23 November, 1932
- Die lockende Flamme ; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by P. Knepler.
H Welleminsky) Theater des Westens, Berlin; 27 December 1933:
- Klein Dorrit; based on Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens;
Berlin, 1933
- Herz über Bord; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by E. van der Beckc;
Zurich and Dü sseldorf, 30 March 1935;
- Die große Sünderin (The Great Sinner); Operetta; 3 acts;
Libretto by K. Stoll, H. Roemmer; Berlin, Staatsoper unter den Linden.
31 Dec 1935:
- Zauberin Lola; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by A. Brieger, S. Graff;
Dortmund, 1937
- Traumland (Dreamland); operetta; Libretto by Eduard Rhein; Berlin, 1941
- Hochzeit mit Erika; Operette; Düsseldorf; 1949