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Anna Kraus

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{{italic title}}Anna Kraus, Op. 30 is a radio opera in one act by composer Franz Reizenstein. The work uses an English language libretto by Christopher Hassall to tell the tragic tale of a German woman who is forced to leave her country due to oppression from the Nazi regime, as the Nazis did not like her political views.^[1] The opera was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation following the popular success of Reizenstein's 1951 cantata Voices of Night.^[2] The opera premiered on 25 July 1952 on BBC Third Programme with conductor Norman Del Mar leading the BBC Symphony Orchestra and singers Victoria Sladen (as Anna) and Lloyd Strauss-Smith (as Pavel).^[3]^[4] It was submitted by the BBC later that year for the Prix Italia.^[5] Critical reaction to the work was mixed. The New Statesman described the work as "engaging" and a "worthwhile experiment".^[4] The Annual Register wrote that the opera "suffered from the composer's emotion being too closely engaged in the sufferings of the heroine, a refugee from political oppression".^[1]

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1. ^¹{{cite journal|title=none|work=The Annual Register|year=1952|volume=194|page=385|author=Edmund Burke|publisher=Rivington Publishing|location=London}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=Composers of classical music of Jewish descent|author=Lewis Stevens|page=296|publisher=Vallentine Mitchell|year=2003|location=London}}
3. ^{{cite journal|title=Musicians Union'|work=The Music Yearbook|author=National Music Council of Great Britain|location=London|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|volume=1|year=1952|page=649}}
4. ^¹{{cite journal|title=none|work=New Statesman|year=1952|page=133|volume=44|publisher=Statesman and Nation Publishing Co.}}
5. ^{{cite journal|title=On the Air... Studio Opera, Italian Prize Entry|author=Denby Richards|work=Music and Musicians|volume=1|issue=1|page=29|year=1952}}

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