Columbus de werner egk: Una ópera sobre cristóbal colón en la alemania nazi

Columbus, German musician Werner Egk’s (1901-1983) first opera, was composed as a radio opera. Its first transmission was in 1933, shortly after the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, and was harshly criticized. However, a year later the opera was performed as concert in Munich and in 1941 a version for the stage was premiered at the Frankfurt Opera. Columbus was represented even after the fall of the Nazi regime and the composer prepared a third version in 1951. In this paper we study how this opera, outside and even contrary to the ideological principles of Nazism, got inserted into its official culture.