The opera is subtitled 'The Tragedy of a Man who Had His Beard Cut', and the surrealist libretto is set in Paris about 1900. Although Martinů had asked Wurmser for a libretto including a singing cat, he compromised on Wurmser's suggestion of a singing portrait, which acts as narrator to a tale of bourgeois infidelity.
| Original Name | Dvakrát Alexandr |
| Librettist | André Wurmser |
| Date of composition | 1937 in Paris, France |
| Premiered | 1964, February 18th (Opera House) in Mannheim, Germany |
| Type | Opera Buffa |
| Catalogue | H 255 |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Armanda
Voice (Baritone) - Alexandre Voice (Tenor) - Oskar Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Philomène Voice (Bass) - Portrait |
| Autotranslations beta |
Bohuslav Martinů: Alexandre Bis, Alexander Twice, H 255 Bohuslav Martinů: Alexandre Bis, Alexander Twice, H 255 Bohuslav Martinů: Alexandre Bis, Alexander Twice, H 255 |