Hermann Klein in Kingdom of Bohemia - 1871
from Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, pages 168-169:
I had now (1871) a great ambition to write an opera. I found a libretto entitled 'König und Köhler' (King and Collier) and set to work upon it. In due time I submitted the score to the manager of the National Theatre, who ordered it to be tried at rehearsal. I confess it was very Wagnerian. I had heard 'Die Meistersinger,' and the new influence was very strong upon me. My music was horribly difficult. At the piano rehearsals the singers could make little of it; with the chorus it was still worse - infinitely more difficult, they said, than Wagner. … more >>
Hermann Klein, Thirty Years of Musical Life in London (New York, 1903), p. 168-169. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1439300752603 accessed: 3 December, 2024
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König und Köhler
written by Antonín Dvorák |
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Date/Time | 1871 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors |