Richard Mohaupt

[1] After his studies he worked as a répétiteur and music director at opera houses in Breslau, Aachen and Weimar.

[1] After a concert tour as pianist and conductor through the Soviet Union in 1931–1932, he settled Berlin in 1932 where he began working for the UFA film company.

[1] The work was performed during the ballet festival which was part of the supporting programme of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,[2] but shortly after this success the Nazis denounced him with the expression "Music Bolshevism" and he was excluded from the Reichsmusikkammer.

[1] During his time in the United States Mohaupt composed for a variety of mediums, including opera, ballet, film, radio, television and orchestral music.

[3] Mohaupt created his last opera, Der grüne Kakadu, after moving back to Europe in 1955 where he ultimately settled in Austria.