The Bell Tower is a chamber opera in one act by Ernst Krenek, his Op. 153. The English libretto by the composer was inspired by by Herman Melville (collected in The Piazza Tales), the events only mysteriously hinted at in the story becoming a point of departure for the explicit dramatic action of Krenek's piece. It was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation and written in 1955–56, receiving its premiere on 17 March 1957 at the University of Illinois (recorded on CRS 5).
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| - The Bell Tower is a chamber opera in one act by Ernst Krenek, his Op. 153. The English libretto by the composer was inspired by by Herman Melville (collected in The Piazza Tales), the events only mysteriously hinted at in the story becoming a point of departure for the explicit dramatic action of Krenek's piece. It was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation and written in 1955–56, receiving its premiere on 17 March 1957 at the University of Illinois (recorded on CRS 5). (en)
- The Bell Tower är en kammaropera i en akt med musik av Ernst Krenek. Det engelska librettot skrevs av Krenek och bygger på en novell av Herman Melville, vars mystiska händelser endast antyds i historien blev i Kreneks verk en utgångspunkt för dramats utveckling. Operan var en beställning av och skrevs åren 1955–56. Den hade premiär den 17 mars 1957 på University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (inspelad på CRS 5). (sv)
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| - The Bell Tower is a chamber opera in one act by Ernst Krenek, his Op. 153. The English libretto by the composer was inspired by by Herman Melville (collected in The Piazza Tales), the events only mysteriously hinted at in the story becoming a point of departure for the explicit dramatic action of Krenek's piece. It was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation and written in 1955–56, receiving its premiere on 17 March 1957 at the University of Illinois (recorded on CRS 5). (en)
- The Bell Tower är en kammaropera i en akt med musik av Ernst Krenek. Det engelska librettot skrevs av Krenek och bygger på en novell av Herman Melville, vars mystiska händelser endast antyds i historien blev i Kreneks verk en utgångspunkt för dramats utveckling. Operan var en beställning av och skrevs åren 1955–56. Den hade premiär den 17 mars 1957 på University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (inspelad på CRS 5). (sv)
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