''Der Traum ein Leben'', Op. 50, is a 1937 opera by Walter Braunfels based on Franz Grillparzer's 1834 . The opera's scheduled premiere under Bruno Walter in Vienna in 1938 was cancelled by the Nazis.Opera – Volume 52, Issues 7–12 – Page 1335 2001 "Der Traum ein Leben was one among several products of the years in exile and, though a production was planned under Bruno Walter in Vienna in 1938, it was not heard until a radio broadcast by Hessische Rundfunk in 1950... Braunfels's music in Der Traum ein Leben is not as immediately lyrical as Die Vogel, nor does it have the spiritual qualities of Verkiindigung"

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*''Der Traum ein Leben'' – Marie-Luise Schilp, Otto von Rohr,

Annelies Kupper Annelies Kupper (21 July 1906 – 8 December 1987), was a German operatic soprano, particularly associated with Mozart and the German repertory. Kupper was born at Glatz (now Kłodzko) in Lower Silesia. She studied in Breslau and was a music te ...

, Heinrich Bensing, Alexander Welitsch, Orchester des Frankfurter Rundfunks, Kurt Schröder 1950

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