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Set in 1750 in Austria’s Ausseerland, the musical comedy follows an old, unmarried mayor and innkeeper who has promised his assets to his friends. Persuaded to disinherit them and fake his death, he hides to observe their reactions.
In 1820, Mathias loves Martha, foster daughter of magistrate Friedrich Engel. Mathias’s brother Johannes, jealous of Martha, starts an intrigue. After Mathias and Martha pledge fidelity, Johannes sets fire to the monastery, but Mathias is arrested for the crime. In 1850, Mathias has completed a twenty-year sentence and travels as a preacher. Martha has died, and Johannes, now rich but gravely ill, meets Mathias again. Mathias forgives him, allowing Johannes to die in peace.
During the French Revolution, Swiss Sergeant Primus Thaller is condemned for singing the banned Swiss Kuhreigen folksong. Blanchefleur, wife of Marquis Massimelle, saves him, but she later becomes a victim of the Revolution.
A German-language opera in three acts by Wilhelm Kienzl, adapting Cervantes’s novel. Its characters include Alonzo Quixano, called Don Quixote, his niece Mercedes and the peasant Sancho Pansa.
Set in 1750 in Austria’s Ausseerland, the musical comedy follows an old, unmarried mayor and innkeeper who has promised his assets to his friends. Persuaded to disinherit them and fake his death, he hides to observe their reactions.
In 1820, Mathias loves Martha, foster daughter of magistrate Friedrich Engel. Mathias’s brother Johannes, jealous of Martha, starts an intrigue. After Mathias and Martha pledge fidelity, Johannes sets fire to the monastery, but Mathias is arrested for the crime. In 1850, Mathias has completed a twenty-year sentence and travels as a preacher. Martha has died, and Johannes, now rich but gravely ill, meets Mathias again. Mathias forgives him, allowing Johannes to die in peace.
During the French Revolution, Swiss Sergeant Primus Thaller is condemned for singing the banned Swiss Kuhreigen folksong. Blanchefleur, wife of Marquis Massimelle, saves him, but she later becomes a victim of the Revolution.
A German-language opera in three acts by Wilhelm Kienzl, adapting Cervantes’s novel. Its characters include Alonzo Quixano, called Don Quixote, his niece Mercedes and the peasant Sancho Pansa.