''Venus'' is a 1922 German-language opera by

Othmar Schoeck Othmar Schoeck (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957) was a Swiss Romantic classical composer, opera composer, musician, and conductor. He was known mainly for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles, though he also wrote a number of ...

, to a libretto by Armin Rueger after Prosper Mérimée's "

La Vénus d'Ille ''La Vénus d'Ille'' (, "The Venus of Ille") is a short story by Prosper Mérimée. It was written in 1835 and published in 1837. It tells the story of a statue of Venus that comes to life and kills the son of its owner, whom it believes to be i ...

" and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff's ''

The Marble Statue ''The Marble Statue'' (german: Das Marmorbild) is an 1818 novella by the German writer Joseph von Eichendorff. Set around Lucca, it is about a man who struggles to choose between piety, represented by a musician and a beautiful maiden, and a worl ...

''.The Penguin guide to compact discs yearbook, 1995 - Page 321 "Venus was written in 1919-21 and is based on a libretto by Schoeck's school-friend, Armin Rueger; ..." Its world premiere took place at Zurich Opera House on May 10, 1922.

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1922 operas Operas by Othmar Schoeck Adaptations of works by Joseph von Eichendorff Operas based on works by Prosper Mérimée German-language operas {{German-opera-stub