I-Der Diktator ( The Dictator ) iyi- opera edabukisayo ngesenzo esisodwa ngamagama nangomculo ngu- Ernst Krenek, i- Op yakhe. 49 nowokuqala wabalingisi abathathu ( noDas geheime Königreich noSchwergewicht, oder Die Ehre der Nation ) eyaqala ukukhonjiswa ngomhlaka 6 Meyi 1928 eHessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden njengengxenye yeFestspiele Wiesbaden.Amaphuzu abhalwe usuku lokuqedwa, ngomhlaka-28 Agasti 1926. Umlingisi wesihloko ususelwe ngokukhululekile kuBenito Mussolini, yize le ndaba ingeyona eyepolitiki ngamabomu;UKrenek kamuva wayichaza njenge- "anecdote evela empilweni yangasese 'yendoda enamandla'."Kuphela kulokho okungenangqondo lapho ehlehla khona, hhayi kakhulu ngenxa yokwesaba kepha ngoba akukho angakwenza ngakho, ngeke akwazi ukubusa." Umculo ngowasePuccinian ngesisho, ikakhulukazi ekusebenziseni kwawo izwi, futhi usebenzisa kakhulu ama- leitmotives afana ne- triplet encane yesithathu eqale ukuzwa kuma-bass njengoba kukhulunywa ngetelegram yempi, eba ukuphela kokuhambisana nendaba yesikhulu. Ikhethini likhuphuka kumhlaba ophakathi kwehhotela iGrand Palace nesibhedlela, esibheke eLake Geneva.UMaria ubabaza ukuhlwa kwehlobo esibhedlela, lapho uDictator ehambisa isithunywa ephuma ehhotela, emyala ukuthi ahambise isimemezelo sempi.UMaria uyafikelwa, kodwa uyamthakazelisa.UCharlotte uyaphuma, ecasukile yilezi zindaba: "Usuvele unezitha eziningi kakhulu"; umtshela ukuthi ukwesaba kwakhe ngaye kuyindlela yesikhwele futhi uphonsa ukunqoba okuzayo ngenkathi abesifazane bejoyina abathathu, uMaria ekhala ngamehlo akhe angabekezeleleki noCharlotte ecula ukuthi lapho inhlanhla yakhe isiphelile uzophinde abe ngowakhe futhi.