Venus (opera)

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Venus is a 1922 German-language opera by Othmar Schoeck, to a libretto by Armin Rueger after Prosper Mérimée's "La Vénus d'Ille" and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff's The Marble Statue.[1] Its world premiere took place at Zurich Opera House on May 10, 1922.

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  1. ^ The Penguin guide to compact discs yearbook, 1995 - Page 321 "Venus was written in 1919-21 and is based on a libretto by Schoeck's school-friend, Armin Rueger; ..."