The Man Without a Country (opera)
| The Man Without a Country | |
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| Opera by Walter Damrosch | |
Walter Damrosch, composer of The Man Without a Country, who also conducted the first performance | |
| Librettist | Arthur Guiterman |
| Language | English |
| Based on | "The Man Without a Country" by Edward Everett Hale (1863) |
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The Man Without a Country is an English-language American opera in two acts and five scenes. The composer was Walter Damrosch with a libretto by poet Arthur Guiterman. The opera was based on Edward Everett Hale's 1863 short story of the same name. The opera is not sung through but includes some spoken dialogue in the manner of singspiel or opéra comique.
The work premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on May 12, 1937, in a performance conducted by Damrosch. The Man Without a County was Damrosch's third opera after The Scarlet Letter (1896) and Cyrano (1913), which also had its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. It was the eighteenth opera to premiere at the Met.