Gruenberg, Louis
* 3 Aug. 1884, Brest-Litovsk [now Brest], Byelorussia
† 10 June 1964, Beverly Hills, CA
Komponist

Bühnenwerk
I. Opern

  1. The Bride of the Gods, libretto by Busoni, translated by C. H. Meltzer (1913)
  2. The Dumb Wife, chamber opera libretto after The Man who Married a Dumb Wife by Anatole France after Rabelais (1923)
  3. Jack and the Beanstalk, libretto by John Erskine, (1931) [children's opera]
  4. The Emperor Jones, opera in one act; libretto by the composer and Kathleen de Jaffa, after the play by Eugene O'Neill. (comp. 1931;7 Jan 1933, NY Met, 10 or 11 [?] performances, cast inc. Beusner, Windham, Tibbett, c. Serafin, d. Mielziner, p. Sanine; 17 Nov 1933, San Francisco; Chicago, 1946; Rome, 1950) [cast inc. Brutus Jones, bar]
  5. Queen Helen (1936)
  6. Green Mansions, radio opera; libretto after the novel by W. H. Hudson (1937)
  7. Helena's Husband, libretto by P. Moeller (1938)
  8. Volpone, libretto by the composer after Ben Jonson (1945)
  9. One Night of Cleopatra, libretto by the composer after T. Gautier (????)
  10. The Delicate King, libretto by the composer after Alexandre Dumas (1955)
  11. Antony and Cleopatra, libretto by the composer after Shakespeare (1955)
  12. Antony and Cleopatra [rev.] (1961)

II. Operetten

  1. Signor Formica (1910)
  2. The Witch of Brocken (1912)
  3. Piccadillymädel (1913)
  4. Roly-boly Eyes (1919) [musical]
  5. Hallo! Tommy! (c.1925) [as "George Edwards"]
  6. Lady X. (c. 1927) [as "George Edwards"]

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