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Zeppelin captain Ulysses Eisenhardt lands on an island to obtain its fuel reserves, but the enchanting Gladys Thunderbolt ensnares his crew. The comic opera combines material from the Odyssey and Calderón’s El mayor encanto, amor.
At the court of Barcelona, Princess Diana rejects marriage and dismisses the attentions of three princes, including Don Cesar, whom she secretly loves. Advised by the jester Perrin to return her coldness, Cesar pretends indifference. Diana then stages a series of attempts to win him back, but he remains unmoved and claims to be engaged to her cousin Laura. When Diana’s father approves these matches, Diana admits that she loves Cesar and chooses him as her husband.
Reznicek’s three-act opera focuses on the psychology and pathological character of its title figure, Knight Bluebeard. Herbert Eulenberg revised his earlier five-act play for the opera, condensing its structure and removing scenes.
Zeppelin captain Ulysses Eisenhardt lands on an island to obtain its fuel reserves, but the enchanting Gladys Thunderbolt ensnares his crew. The comic opera combines material from the Odyssey and Calderón’s El mayor encanto, amor.
At the court of Barcelona, Princess Diana rejects marriage and dismisses the attentions of three princes, including Don Cesar, whom she secretly loves. Advised by the jester Perrin to return her coldness, Cesar pretends indifference. Diana then stages a series of attempts to win him back, but he remains unmoved and claims to be engaged to her cousin Laura. When Diana’s father approves these matches, Diana admits that she loves Cesar and chooses him as her husband.
Reznicek’s three-act opera focuses on the psychology and pathological character of its title figure, Knight Bluebeard. Herbert Eulenberg revised his earlier five-act play for the opera, condensing its structure and removing scenes.