Title |
Genre |
Subdivisions |
Libretto |
Première date |
Place, theatre
|
Zriny |
opera |
|
after a tragedy by Theodor Körner |
composed 1916, but lost |
|
Ninon von Lenclos |
opera |
|
based on a drama by Ernst Hardt |
composed 1920, but lost |
|
Zaubernacht |
ballet with song |
1 act |
Wladimir Boritsch |
18 November 1922 |
Berlin, Theater am Kurfürstendamm [de]
|
Der Protagonist |
opera |
1 act |
Georg Kaiser |
27 March 1926 |
Dresden, Staatsoper
|
Royal Palace, Op. 17 |
opera |
1 act |
Yvan Goll |
2 March 1927 |
Berlin, Krolloper
|
Na und? |
|
|
Felix Joachimson |
composed 1926–1927, but unperformed and lost |
|
Mahagonny-Songspiel |
Songspiel |
3 acts |
Bertolt Brecht |
17 July 1927 |
Baden-Baden, Kurhaus
|
Der Zar lässt sich photographieren |
opera buffa |
1 act |
Georg Kaiser |
18 February 1928 |
Leipzig, Neues Theater
|
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) |
play with music |
prologue and 8 scenes |
Bertolt Brecht, after The Beggar's Opera by John Gay |
31 August 1928 |
Berlin, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm
|
Happy End |
comedy with music |
3 acts |
Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht |
2 September 1929 |
Berlin, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm
|
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny |
opera |
3 acts |
Bertolt Brecht |
9 March 1930 |
Leipzig, Neues Theater
|
Der Jasager |
Schuloper |
2 acts |
Bertolt Brecht, after Elisabeth Hauptmann's translation from Arthur Waley's English version of the Japanese No drama Taniko |
23 June 1930 |
Berlin
|
Die Bürgschaft |
opera |
prologue and 3 acts |
Caspar Neher, after Johann Gottfried Herder's parable Der afrikanische Rechtspruch |
10 March 1932 |
Berlin, Städtische Oper
|
Die sieben Todsünden |
ballet chanté |
8 parts |
Bertolt Brecht |
7 June 1933 |
Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
|
Der Silbersee |
play with music |
3 acts |
Georg Kaiser |
18 February 1933 |
Leipzig, Altes Theater & Stadttheater Magdeburg & Theater Erfurt
|
Marie Galante |
play with music |
2 acts |
Jacques Deval |
22 December 1934 |
Paris, Théâtre de Paris
|
Der Kuhhandel |
operetta |
2 acts |
Robert Vambery |
composed 1934 but not performed until: 22 March 1990 |
Düsseldorf (in concert)
|
A Kingdom for a Cow (revision of Der Kuhhandel) |
musical play |
3 acts |
Reginald Arkell and D Carter |
28 June 1935 |
London, Savoy Theatre
|
Der Weg der Verheißung[1] |
biblical drama |
4 acts |
Franz Werfel |
composed 1934–1935, but unperformed until: 13 June 1999 |
Chemnitz, Theater Chemnitz
|
Johnny Johnson |
musical play |
3 acts |
Paul Green |
19 November 1936 |
New York, 44th Street Theatre
|
The Eternal Road (revision of Der Weg der Verheißung) |
biblical drama |
4 acts |
Franz Werfel |
7 January 1937 |
New York City, Manhattan Opera House
|
Knickerbocker Holiday |
musical comedy |
2 acts |
Maxwell Anderson |
26 September 1938 |
Hartford, Connecticut
|
Davy Crockett |
musical play |
2 acts |
H R Hays |
composed 1938, but unfinished |
|
Railroads on Parade (A Fantasy on Rail Transport)[2] |
circus opera
|
|
Edward Hungerford |
30 April 1939 |
New York World's Fair
|
Ulysses Africanus |
musical play |
2 acts |
Maxwell Anderson |
composed 1939, but unfinished |
material later used in Lost in the Stars
|
Lady in the Dark |
musical play |
2 acts |
Moss Hart and Ira Gershwin |
23 January 1941 |
New York, Alvin Theatre
|
Fun to Be Free[3] |
pageant play |
|
Various artists from Fight for Freedom: other composers also involved |
5 October 1941 |
New York, Madison Square Garden
|
We Will Never Die |
pageant play |
|
Ben Hecht |
9 March 1943 |
New York, Madison Square Garden
|
One Touch of Venus |
musical comedy |
2 acts |
Ogden Nash |
7 October 1943 |
New York, Imperial Theatre
|
The Firebrand of Florence |
operetta |
2 acts |
Ira Gershwin |
22 March 1944 |
New York, Alvin Theatre
|
A Flag is Born |
pageant |
|
Ben Hecht |
5 September 1945 |
New York, Alvin Theatre
|
Street Scene |
American opera |
2 acts |
Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes |
9 January 1947 |
New York, Adelphi Theatre
|
Down in the Valley |
folk opera |
1 act |
Arnold Sundgaard |
15 July 1948 |
Bloomington, Indiana University
|
Love Life |
vaudeville |
2 parts |
Alan Jay Lerner |
7 October 1948 |
New York, 46th Street Theatre
|
Lost in the Stars |
musical tragedy |
2 acts |
Maxwell Anderson |
30 October 1949 |
New York, Music Box Theatre
|
Huckleberry Finn |
musical |
2 acts |
Maxwell Anderson after Mark Twain |
composed 1950, but unfinished |
|