Von heute auf morgen ("From Today to Tomorrow") is a one act opera composed by Arnold Schoenberg, to a German libretto by "Max Blonda," the pseudonym of Gertrud Schoenberg, the composer's wife. It is the composer's opus 32.
The opera was composed at the end of 1928 (finished on the first day of 1929), and was premiered at Frankfurt, on February 1, 1930, with William Steinberg conducting Herbert Graf's production. It was the first twelve-tone oper...
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Von heute auf morgen ("From Today to Tomorrow") is a one act opera composed by Arnold Schoenberg, to a German libretto by "Max Blonda," the pseudonym of Gertrud Schoenberg, the composer's wife. It is the composer's opus 32.
The opera was composed at the end of 1928 (finished on the first day of 1929), and was premiered at Frankfurt, on February 1, 1930, with William Steinberg conducting Herbert Graf's production. It was the first twelve-tone opera, and Schoenberg's only comedy. The libretto may indeed be a contemporary comedy of manners, but the music is incredibly complex, the angular vocal-lines and large orchestra creating a frightening whirlwind of fury. In fact, the composer described his music in this opera: "The music is ugly, as always in my compositions; it corresponds with my artistic and spiritual disposition."
However, Schoenberg also wrote "I have proved in my operas Von Heute auf Morgen and Moses und Aron that every expression and characterization can be produced with...
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