Many critics and other musicians had gone to Cologne to attend the first performance of Irrelohe. This had been all too hastily proclaimed as the best opera written by Franz Schreker, whom many look upon as the greatest German opera composer. This tim...
Many critics and other musicians had gone to Cologne to attend the first performance of Irrelohe. This had been all too hastily proclaimed as the best opera written by Franz Schreker, whom many look upon as the greatest German opera composer. This time, however, even his friends and followers had to admit his lack of originality. The plothis own-is superior to the music. This does not mean that it is good.