Eduard Künneke

German composer. Born Emmerich, 27 January 1885; died Berlin, 27 October, 1953

Stage Works (Selective list)

  1. Die Marmorfrau, not performed

  2. Robins Ende; opera; libretto by M. Morís; Nationaltheater, Mannheim, 5 May 1909

  3. Coeur As; operetta; Libretto by E. Tschirch, after Scribe; Hofoper, Dresden, Nov 1913:

  4. Das Dorf ohne Glocke; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by A Pasztor; Berlin. Friedrich Wilhelmstä dtisches, 5 April 1919:

  5. Der Vielgeliebte; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by Herman Haller and Edward Rideamus; Berlin. Nollendorfplatz. Nov 1919;

  6. 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)

  7. Ehe im Krise (Marriage in Crisis) 1921

  8. Verliebte Leute; Operetta; Theater am Nollendorf-Platz, Berlin; 15 April, 1922

  9. Casino Girls (1923)

  10. 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,

  11. 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

  12. 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)

  13. Die hellblauen Schwestern (The Light-Blue Sisters); 1925

  14. Riki Tiki; musical play in 3 acts; libretto by Leslie Stiles; Gaiety Theatre, London; 16 April, 1926 (18 perfs)

  15. 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

  16. Die blonde Liselott ; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by R. Kessler; Altenburg. 25 Dec 1927, rev. as Liselott; 1932:

  17. Der Tenor der Herzogin ; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by Kessler, after Ilgenstein; Deutsches Theater, Prague. 1929:

  18. 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;

  19. Liselott; Operetta; Admiralspalast Berlin; February, 1932

  20. Glückliche Reise; Operetta; Berlin; 23 November, 1932

  21. Die lockende Flamme ; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by P. Knepler. H Welleminsky) Theater des Westens, Berlin; 27 December 1933:

  22. Klein Dorrit; based on Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens; Berlin, 1933

  23. Herz über Bord; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by E. van der Beckc; Zurich and Dü sseldorf, 30 March 1935;

  24. Die große Sünderin (The Great Sinner); Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by K. Stoll, H. Roemmer; Berlin, Staatsoper unter den Linden. 31 Dec 1935:

  25. Zauberin Lola; Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by A. Brieger, S. Graff; Dortmund, 1937

  26. Traumland (Dreamland); operetta; Libretto by Eduard Rhein; Berlin, 1941

  27. Hochzeit mit Erika; Operette; Düsseldorf; 1949