Violanta

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Violanta is a one-act opera by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, known for its lush late-Romantic score and psychologically intense drama set in Renaissance Venice.

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Violanta canonical 2
Wanda 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf one-act opera
opera
cataloguedAs Opus 8
composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold
composerBirthYear 1897
composerDeathYear 1957
compositionPeriod early 20th century
countryOfOrigin Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
duration approximately 70 minutes
firstPerformanceCountry Germany
firstPerformedByCompany Bavarian State Opera
surface form: Bavarian State Opera (predecessor)
genre late-Romantic opera
hasAria "Sterben wollt’ ich oft"
hasDuet final love-death duet between Violanta and Alfonso
language German
librettist Hans Müller-Einigen
mainCharacter Alfonso
Simone Trovai
Violanta self-link
musicalInfluence Giacomo Puccini
Richard Strauss
musicalStyle late Romanticism
notableCharacteristic lush late-Romantic orchestration
psychologically intense drama
numberOfActs 1
opusNumber Op. 8
orchestration large late-Romantic orchestra
originalPublisher Universal Edition
originalTitleLanguage German
premiereConductor Bruno Walter
premiereDate 1916-03-28
premierePlace National Theatre Munich
setting Venetian Renaissance
surface form: Renaissance Venice
settingCity Venice
settingPeriod Renaissance
structure one act
subjectMatter death
passion
revenge
vocalForces solo voices and chorus

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Barbara Loden awardReceivedFor Violanta
this entity surface form: Wanda
Violanta mainCharacter Violanta self-link