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The Good Soldier Schweik is an opera in 2 acts by Robert Kurka with an English language libretto by Lewis Allan based on Jaroslav Hašek 's 1921 novel The Good Soldier Švejk. Premiered by the New York City Opera just four months after the composer's death in 1958, the work uses some musical material from Kurka's earlier instrumental piece The ...
More than four decades after its 1958 debut, American composer Robert Kurka’s hilarious, satirical opera The Good Soldier Schweik returns to active duty with a complete, world premiere recording on Cedille Records. Based on Jaroslav Hasek’s classic Czech novel of the same name, Schweik lampoons World War I era Europe through a musical score ...
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1958: Robert Kurka's The Good Soldier Schweik premieres at the New York City Opera. 1965: BBC 60 minute television adaptation The Good Soldier Schweik starring Kenneth Colley, John Collin and Felix Felton.
- Jaroslav Hašek
- 1923
The opera, with a witty libretto by Kurka and "Strange Fruit" lyricist Abel Meerepol, uses sections and themes from the suite. The suite and the opera retain the unusual mix of satiric edge and good humor found in Hašek's original. Schweik has become one of the great comic figures - a survivor of hellish situations through a genial non-resistance.
While many will have heard of The Good Soldier Schweik, Hašek’s classic novel about a Czech anti-hero, few will have come across this opera or its composer, Robert Kurka, an American of Czech origin. He had some compositional training with Milhaud, though he was mainly self-educated.
The Good Soldier Schweik, Suite from the Opera. Weintraub Music (World) Orchestration. 1+pic.1+ca.1+bcl.1+cbn/2210/timp.snare dm. Duration 20 min. Category Large Ensemble (7+ players) Topic. War. Composer. Robert Kurka. Performances. View Past Performances. Available for Sale. Buy. Programme Note. Media. More Info. Synopsis:
