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Marx in London!

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Music

Jonathan Dove (b 1959)

Text

Charles Hart

Source

Original idea by Jürgen Weber.

 

Premieres

First performance: Bonn (Theater Bonn), December 2018.

First Performance in UK: Glasgow (Theatre Royal), 13 February 2024.

First performance in Scotland: as above.

 

Background

Marx in London is a comic opera in two acts, lasting around 115 minutes.  The action takes place on a single day in 1871.  Marx is wrestling with constant financial difficulties, in which he is assisted by the much wealthier Friedrich Engels.  Meantime he faces issues with his wife Jenny, and daughter Tussi, and also her boyfriend Freddy.  He is also victim of the attentions of a spy.

 

Characters

Karl Marx (baritone)

Jenny Marx, his wife (soprano)

Tussi Marx, their daughter (soprano)

Freddy, Tussi's boyfriend (tenor)

Helene, the housekeeper (mezzo-soprano)

Friedrich Engels, Marx's friend (tenor)

Spy (tenor)