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Emperor Jones

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Emperor Jones

Opera by Louis Gruenberg (libretto by K de Jaffa, based on Eugene O'Neill's play), first produced at the New York Metropolitan Opera House on 7 January 1933. It tells the story of an escaped convict, Brutus Jones, who a rules Caribbean island, exploiting the locals until they rebel against him and he commits suicide.



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