Das Nusch-Nuschi
A one-act expressionist opera described as a play for Burmese marionettes. The work satirizes European drama and opera through puppet-theatre conventions and slapstick elements.
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A one-act expressionist opera described as a play for Burmese marionettes. The work satirizes European drama and opera through puppet-theatre conventions and slapstick elements.
In ancient Lydia, King Kandaules wants to share his wealth and wife Nyssia with his favorites. A fisherman, Gyges, gains a ring of invisibility and secretly spends a night with the queen; after learning his identity, Nyssia orders him to kill the king and takes him as her successor.
A one-act expressionist opera described as a play for Burmese marionettes. The work satirizes European drama and opera through puppet-theatre conventions and slapstick elements.
In ancient Lydia, King Kandaules wants to share his wealth and wife Nyssia with his favorites. A fisherman, Gyges, gains a ring of invisibility and secretly spends a night with the queen; after learning his identity, Nyssia orders him to kill the king and takes him as her successor.