''Valdštejn'' is a Czech-language opera in six scenes by Jaromir Weinberger to a libretto by Miloš Kareš after

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...

's '' Wallensteins Lager''. The libretto was translated back into German by Max Brod for 1937 performance in Vienna. The opera was performed in Vienna at the new Modernes Theater on the

Schwarzenbergplatz Schwarzenbergplatz is a square in Vienna, Austria. It is actually more like a small, open street than a square, and it runs between the Kärntner Ring section of the Ringstraße and Lothringerstraße. Travelling south, the street, Schwarzenbergs ...

, a year before the Anschluss and the composer's escape to America.Anti-Nazi publications: Die Pause - Page 76 1935 - Auf dem Schwarzenbergplatz (Lothringerstraße) ist eine neue Bühne entstanden, sie nennt sich „Modernes Theater“ und stellt ein umfangreiches Programm in Aussicht. Die Räume des ehemaligen Kunstladens Wawra sind dafür hergerichtet worden und Berzeviczy hat den Vorraum mit seinen zarten, farbigen Phantasien belegt. Nach dem begeisternden Mahler-Abend durch Scherchen ist der „Wallenstein“ von Jaromir Weinberger das zweite musikalische Ereignis dieser Saison.

Recordings

*''Wallenstein'' Roman Trekel, Dagmar Schellenberger, Martina Welschenbach, Ralf Lukas, Daniel Kirch, ORF Symphonie Orchester, Cornelius Meister 2012

CPO CPO may refer to: Occupations * Certified Professional Organizer * Certified Protection Officer, a professional certification for security officers from the International Foundation for Protection Officers * Chief people officer, a corporate of ...

2017

References

{{reflist 1937 operas Czech-language operas Operas by Jaromír Weinberger Operas based on real people Operas set in the 17th century Thirty Years' War in popular culture Cultural depictions of Albrecht von Wallenstein