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{{a|otto|{{image|The Chasm to America|png|''O! Great Yawning Chasm To The New World'' {{vsr|1886}}}}}}{{br|Talentdämmerung}} ( | {{a|otto|{{image|The Chasm to America|png|''O! Great Yawning Chasm To The New World'' {{vsr|1886}}}}}}{{br|Talentdämmerung}} (lit., “[[twilight of the subject matter experts]]” and subtitled “Der Kampf um Talente” or “[[The Struggle To Attract Talent]]”), is an unfinished opera by winsome Austrian librettist and amateur composer Otto {{buchstein}} intended to be the culminating work in his {{br|Form und Substanz}} cycle. | ||
Never performed in his lifetime, nor for that matter since, a fully-formed script was recovered from his belongings in the opium den in Mandalay where he spent his last, fevered months. | |||
There is some controversy about its provenance: some point to the self-interested work of {{Buchstein}}’s life-long antagonist {{jerrold}}, anxious to boost his consultancy fees. | There is some controversy about its provenance: some point to the self-interested work of {{Buchstein}}’s life-long antagonist {{jerrold}}, anxious to boost his consultancy fees. |