Der Dorfbarbier
A German-language stage adaptation of Philidor’s Blaise le savetier, with a new text by C. F. Weiße and music by Johann Adam Hiller.
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A German-language stage adaptation of Philidor’s Blaise le savetier, with a new text by C. F. Weiße and music by Johann Adam Hiller.
Farmer Michel will not let his daughter Röschen marry Töffel until the disappearance of his son Christel’s fiancée, Hännchen, is explained. Hännchen returns and says Count Schmetterling kidnapped her. A storm forces the king’s hunting party to shelter at Michel’s house. Hännchen recognizes the king’s huntsman as the count, and the king reveals his identity, banishes the count, and rewards Michel and his family.
A three-act German comic opera incorporating 14 musical numbers from Johann Georg Standfuß’s popular farce Der Teufel ist los.
Queen Ginevra of England sends the knight Lisuart to find her missing daughter Dariolette. During his quest, Lisuart must answer the riddle: “What gives women the most pleasure?”
Peasant girl Lottchen flirts with Count Astolph to teach her fiancé Jürgen a lesson. She then joins with Countess Emilie to teach both men a lesson.
A German-language stage adaptation of Philidor’s Blaise le savetier, with a new text by C. F. Weiße and music by Johann Adam Hiller.
Farmer Michel will not let his daughter Röschen marry Töffel until the disappearance of his son Christel’s fiancée, Hännchen, is explained. Hännchen returns and says Count Schmetterling kidnapped her. A storm forces the king’s hunting party to shelter at Michel’s house. Hännchen recognizes the king’s huntsman as the count, and the king reveals his identity, banishes the count, and rewards Michel and his family.
A three-act German comic opera incorporating 14 musical numbers from Johann Georg Standfuß’s popular farce Der Teufel ist los.
Queen Ginevra of England sends the knight Lisuart to find her missing daughter Dariolette. During his quest, Lisuart must answer the riddle: “What gives women the most pleasure?”
Peasant girl Lottchen flirts with Count Astolph to teach her fiancé Jürgen a lesson. She then joins with Countess Emilie to teach both men a lesson.