Karl V. (opera)
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Karl V. is an opera, described as a Bühnenwerk mit Musik (stage work with music) by Ernst Krenek, his opus 73. The German libretto is by the composer. His student Virginia Seay collaborated with him on the English translation of the libretto.[1]
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Karl V. | |
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Opera by Ernst Krenek | |
Description | Bühnenwerk mit Musik |
Librettist | Krenek |
Language | German |
Based on | Charles V |
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The first completed full-length twelve-tone opera[2] tells the story of Emperor Charles V's life in a series of flashbacks on a split stage, devices which the composer only much later recognized as "cinematic" in style;[3] there is also some use of Sprechstimme.