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Christopher Columbus (Zador)
Opera by Eugene Zador / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher Columbus is an opera in one act by composer Eugene Zador with a German language libretto by Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria, the grandson of Franz Joseph I of Austria.[1] Zador, a Hungarian-Jew, wrote the opera while voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean in 1939 after having left Europe to flee persecution from Nazi Germany.[2] The work depicts Christopher Columbus's First voyage to America in 1492. Soprano Josepha Chekova wrote an English language translation to the work for its world premiere performance on October 9, 1939.[1][3] Her translation has been used several times for performances of the work in the United States, including on a recording of the opera made by the American Symphony Orchestra in 1975.[3] The opera is approximately one hour in length.[1]
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