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Lady Hamilton is a three-act operetta composed by Eduard Künneke, featuring a German-language libretto. The work premiered in Breslau in 1926 and is a romanticized historical drama loosely based on the life of Emma, Lady Hamilton, who was famously known as the mistress of Lord Horatio Nelson. The op...
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Lehár operetta with lush melodic writing and enduring title recognition; admired musically despite romanticized history and uneven dramaturgy.
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Die lockende Flamme is a romantic singspiel composed by Eduard Künneke that premiered in 1933. The operetta's narrative is set in Berlin in the year 1817 and centers on the renowned German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann. It stands as a significant work within the silver age of German operetta, bl...
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Künneke's richly orchestrated romantic score receives specialist admiration, but an unwieldy structure and scarce productions limit consensus recognition.
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