Gunnar Graarud starred in an opera from 1929-1937 known as what in german?
Gunnar Graarud Gunnar Graarud (1 June 1886 - 6 December 1960) was a Norwegian operatic tenor. After making his debut in 1919, he was a leading artist at the Berlin State Opera from 1924-1926 and at the Vienna State Opera from 1929-1937. In 1927 he created the role of The blind judge in the world premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Das Wunder der Heliane" at the Hamburg State Opera. In 1928 he sang the role of Tristan for the first recording of Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde". After retiring from the stage he was a member of the voice faculty at the Vienna Academy of Music. One of his notable pupils was bass Otto Edelmann.
Schwanda the Bagpiper Švanda the Bagpiper (Czech: Švanda dudák ; also known with the German spelling as Schwanda the Bagpiper), written in 1926, is an opera in two acts (five scenes), with music by Jaromír Weinberger to a Czech libretto by Miloš Kareš, based on the drama "Strakonický dudák aneb Hody divých žen" ("The Bagpiper of Strakonice") by Josef Kajetán Tyl. Its first performance was in Prague at the Czech National Opera on 27 April 1927. It premiered in German, with the translation by Max Brod, at Breslau on 16 December 1928. Other productions quickly followed: