Der Golem
A three-act German opera by Eugen d’Albert based on Arthur Holitscher’s play about the Golem. A plot synopsis is not provided.
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A three-act German opera by Eugen d’Albert based on Arthur Holitscher’s play about the Golem. A plot synopsis is not provided.
Gilfen and Luise’s marriage has lost its passion. Gilfen has repeatedly postponed a planned journey because he fears his wife will be unfaithful. Their friend Trott, who loves Luise, urges Gilfen to leave. Gilfen guesses Trott’s motive and pretends to depart. Trott seizes the chance to declare his love, but Luise rejects him. Gilfen returns, delighted by his wife’s fidelity; Trott leaves, and Gilfen and Luise decide to renew their love.
In biblical Jerusalem, the blind Myrtocle longs to see her husband Arcesius. Christ restores her sight and predicts that she will curse him before sunset. Myrtocle mistakes the handsome Roman captain Galba, who has long loved her, for her husband. Arcesius kills Galba; Myrtocle recognizes her husband’s suffering and blinds herself again by staring at the sun. A shepherd’s search for a lost lamb frames the drama.
Wealthy landowner Sebastiano plans to marry an heiress while keeping Marta, his mistress, nearby by arranging her marriage to shepherd Pedro. Pedro and Marta fall in love, and she reveals Sebastiano’s scheme; Pedro initially attacks her but then takes her back to the mountains. When Sebastiano again tries to claim Marta, Pedro strangles him, and the lovers escape to freedom.
A three-act German opera by Eugen d’Albert based on Arthur Holitscher’s play about the Golem. A plot synopsis is not provided.
Gilfen and Luise’s marriage has lost its passion. Gilfen has repeatedly postponed a planned journey because he fears his wife will be unfaithful. Their friend Trott, who loves Luise, urges Gilfen to leave. Gilfen guesses Trott’s motive and pretends to depart. Trott seizes the chance to declare his love, but Luise rejects him. Gilfen returns, delighted by his wife’s fidelity; Trott leaves, and Gilfen and Luise decide to renew their love.
In biblical Jerusalem, the blind Myrtocle longs to see her husband Arcesius. Christ restores her sight and predicts that she will curse him before sunset. Myrtocle mistakes the handsome Roman captain Galba, who has long loved her, for her husband. Arcesius kills Galba; Myrtocle recognizes her husband’s suffering and blinds herself again by staring at the sun. A shepherd’s search for a lost lamb frames the drama.
Wealthy landowner Sebastiano plans to marry an heiress while keeping Marta, his mistress, nearby by arranging her marriage to shepherd Pedro. Pedro and Marta fall in love, and she reveals Sebastiano’s scheme; Pedro initially attacks her but then takes her back to the mountains. When Sebastiano again tries to claim Marta, Pedro strangles him, and the lovers escape to freedom.