Ero s onoga svijeta

Ero the Joker
Comic opera by Jakov Gotovac
Native title
Ero s onoga svijeta
LibrettistMilan Begović
LanguageCroatian
Based on"Ero s onoga svijeta"
by an unknown author
Premiere
2 November 1935 (1935-11-02)
Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb

Ero s onoga svijeta (Croatian for 'Ero from the Other World'), usually translated as Ero the Joker, is a Croatian comic opera in three acts by Jakov Gotovac, with a libretto by Milan Begović based on a folk tale. The genesis of the opera was at Vrlička Česma in the town of Vrlika, a hometown of Milan Begović.

According to Croatian musicologist Josip Andreis, Ero s onoga svijeta is "not only the most successful Croatian comic opera to this day, but also the only Croatian opera with a presence in the theaters abroad". American musicologist and music critic Ralph P. Locke described it as one of two major Croatian operas, alongside Nikola Šubić Zrinski.

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