Rudolf Lothar

Rudolf Lothar [rú:dolf ló:tar] (born Rudolf Lothar Spitzer, February 25, 1865, Budapest - died October 2, 1943, Budapest) was a Hungarian-born Austrian writer, playwright, critic and essayist.

Literary works

• 1891 Der verschleierte König, drama
• 1900 König Harlekin, play
• 1900 Das Wiener Burgtheater
• 1904 Tiefland, opera libretto set to music by Eugen d'Albert, based on the 1896 Catalan play Terra baixa by Àngel Guimerà
• 1910 Kurfürstendamm, novel
• 1910 Die drei Grazien, comedy
• 1910 Der Herr von Berlin, novel
• 1912 Liebesketten, opera libretto set to music by Eugen d'Albert based on Angel Guimerá’s Villa del mar, score available from Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection
• 1916 Die Seele Spaniens
• 1920 Casanovas Sohn, comedy
• 1920 Li-Tai-Pe, Des Kaisers Dichter, opera libretto set to music by Clemens von Franckenstein
• 1921 Der Werwolf, comedy
• 1925 Die Kunst des Verführens
• 1927 Der gute Europäer, comedy
• 1927 Die Republik befiehlt, comedy
• 1931 Friedemann Bach, opera libretto set to music by Paul Graener based on Brachvogel's novel of the same name
• 1931 Der Papagei, comedy
• 1931 Besuch aus dem Jenseits, drama

References

• Michael Kühntopf, Juden, Juden, Juden, Norderstedt 2008, vol. 2, ISBN 978-3-8334-8629-6, pp. 21–22
• Article in Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950