Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie
A two-act opera by Giselher Klebe and Lore Klebe based on Goethe’s symbolic fairy tale Das Märchen.
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A two-act German romantic opera set in Granada, Spain, in the mid-sixteenth century.
Das Nusch-Nuschi
A one-act expressionist opera described as a play for Burmese marionettes. The work satirizes European drama and opera through puppet-theatre conventions and slapstick elements.
Das Opfer
At the South Pole in 1912, Scott, Wilson, Bowers, and Oates are the last survivors of the expedition. Oates’s frozen feet slow the others, but they refuse to abandon him. During a storm, Oates leaves the tent and walks into the snow to die. The penguin chorus first mocks him, then honors his self-sacrifice as the surviving explorers pay their respects.
Das Pfauenfest
The fairy Morgana spreads lies about Lenore, causing Karados to stop loving her and King Arthur to banish her. While Lenore is away, the King arranges for Karados to marry his niece. A guardian spirit gives Lenore a beautiful gown and brings her to the court disguised as a minstrel. The gown flies away from every woman until Lenore tries it on; a drinking horn can be emptied only by Karados. The King accepts Lenore back and the pair are betrothed.
Das Rendezvous
A one-act comic chamber opera in which meetings between three men and three women are treated as a burlesque about changing the norms of marriage.
Das Rheingold
Alberich steals the Rhinegold after renouncing love and forges a ring that grants power. Wotan and Loge travel to Nibelheim, seize Alberich’s hoard, and take the ring to pay the giants who built Valhalla and hold Freia hostage. Alberich curses the ring. Warned by Erda, Wotan gives it to the giants; Fafner kills Fasolt over the treasure. The gods enter Valhalla, while the Rhinemaidens mourn the loss of their gold.
Das Schloß
Aribert Reimann’s adaptation of Kafka’s novel follows the stranger K., who arrives in a community that rejects him and is observed by an opaque apparatus.
Das Schloß Dürande
An opera by Othmar Schoeck based on Joseph von Eichendorff’s novel of the same title.
Das Schweigen der Sirenen
The opera draws on Franz Kafka’s short story about Odysseus, Circe and the Sirens.
Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin
A two-act opera by Franz Schreker.
Das Testament
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.
Das Wunder der Heliane
In an unnamed totalitarian state, a ruler condemns a stranger who has brought joy to his subjects. Heliane visits the prisoner and falls in love with him, but refuses his request to give herself to him. The ruler discovers them and puts her on trial for adultery. After the stranger kills himself, Heliane must prove her innocence by restoring him to life. As she is taken to execution, he miraculously rises. The ruler wounds Heliane, and the lovers ascend together as the stranger's blessing ends his power.
Das geheime Königreich
A satirical fairy-tale opera in which a king seeks to resign after a revolution. The queen falls in love with a revolutionary leader and is transformed into a tree.
Das goldene Kreuz
Ignaz Brüll’s two-act German-language opera is a comic Singspiel based on a story by Mélesville, involving mistaken identities during the Napoleonic Wars. The available text gives no further plot details.
Das verratene Meer
Set in summer and winter, the opera centers on Fusako Kuroda, her son Noboru, and merchant navy officer Ryuji Tsukazaki.
David
A five-act, twelve-scene biblical opera about King David, based on the Books of Samuel.
David Bek
Opera about the early-18th-century Armenian struggle led by the historical figure David Bek against Persian and Ottoman forces. Armen Tigranian began the work; collaborators completed it after his death.
David et Jonathas
Disguised, King Saul consults the Witch of Endor, who summons Samuel’s ghost and hears a prophecy that Saul will lose his children, friends and crown. Banished by Saul, David takes refuge with the Philistines and returns from victory hoping Jonathan, Saul’s son and his beloved, will be spared. During a truce, Jonathan and David meet, while the jealous Israelite general Joabel schemes against David. Joabel persuades Saul that David is plotting against him, and David is forced to leave. Saul then chooses war. The Philistines defeat Israel; Jonathan dies in David’s arms, and Saul falls on his sword to avoid capture. Though Achis names David the new king of Israel, David grieves for Jonathan.
Days and Nights with Christ
The work explores images associated with schizophrenia and was inspired by the experiences of the composer’s brother and their shared Greek heritage. The libretto combines Byzantine liturgy, Old and New Testament material, text from Emanuel Bronner’s Rules for Life and interpretations of commentary by people with schizophrenia.
De temporum fine comoedia
In this three-part mystery play about the end of time, the Sibyls foretell judgment, the Anchorites contemplate the end of the world, and Dies illa depicts its destruction. After worldly existence has ended, Lucifer asks forgiveness and is restored as an angel. The work concludes with Bach’s Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, presented in a canon and its mirror image.
Dead Man Walking
Sister Helen Prejean agrees to serve as spiritual adviser to Joseph De Rocher, a prisoner on death row for murdering two teenagers. She faces criticism from fellow sisters, prison officials, and the victims’ families as she supports his appeal for clemency. The pardon board rejects his request, and the governor declines to intervene. Before his execution, De Rocher confesses the murders to Helen and asks the victims’ parents for forgiveness. He is executed while Helen remains with him.
Dead Souls
Shchedrin's three-act Russian-language opera adapts Nikolai Gogol's novel Dead Souls. A radio recording was made in 1976, followed by a vinyl and CD release in 1982.
Death in Venice
The novelist Gustav von Aschenbach travels from Munich to Venice seeking renewed inspiration. There he becomes fascinated by the Polish boy Tadzio, while cholera spreads through the city. Aschenbach follows Tadzio and his family, conceals the danger from them, and remains in Venice. After the family leaves, Aschenbach watches Tadzio on the beach, grows too weak to rise, and dies as the boy walks out to sea.
Decebalo
Two-act opera by Leonardo Leo about Decebalus, king of the Dacians.
Deidamia
Achilles, disguised as a girl named Pyrrha, lives on Skyros and has become Deidamia’s lover. Odysseus and Phoenix arrive to recruit him for the Trojan War. They expose his identity by hiding weapons among women’s finery. Achilles agrees to go to war, and after a quarrel, Odysseus reconciles him with Deidamia. Phoenix and Nerea also unite.
Demetrio
Cleonice, queen of Syria, loves the shepherd Alceste, who is secretly the exiled prince Demetrio. She faces pressure to choose a husband, while her councillor Olinto pursues the throne. After separations and political schemes, Fenicio reveals Alceste’s identity; Cleonice and Demetrio take the throne together, and the rival courtiers reconcile.
Demetrio
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his first setting of Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto. The characters include Cleonice, queen of Syria, and Alceste, who is later revealed to be Demetrio, king of Syria.
Demetrio
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his second setting of Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto. Its characters include Cleonice, queen of Syria, and Alceste, later revealed as Demetrio, king of Syria.
Demetrio (Araja)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Francesco Araja. Performed in May 1734 at Teatro delle Grazie, Vicenza; the source says it may have been performed with Leonardo Leo. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Bioni)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Antonio Bioni. Premiered in June 1732 at the Theater im Ballhaus in Wrocław. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Galuppi, first setting)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Baldassare Galuppi. Galuppi’s first version premiered in Vienna in October 1748; the source gives either 16 or 27 October. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Giacomelli)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Geminiano Giacomelli. The source lists a Turin premiere during Carnival 1737 at Teatro Regio. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Giay)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Giovanni Antonio Giay. Performed during the 1732 Carnival at Teatro delle Dame in Rome; revived in Perugia in 1735. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Hasse)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Johann Adolph Hasse. Premiered on 10 February 1732 at Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo, Venice; later reworked, including performances under the title Cleonice. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Leo, 1732)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Leonardo Leo. Leo’s first version premiered on 1 October 1732 at Teatro San Bartolomeo, Naples. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Leo, 1735)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Leonardo Leo. Leo’s second version premiered on 10 December 1735 at Teatro del Castello, Torremaggiore. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Perez, first setting)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Davide Perez. Perez’s first version premiered on 13 June 1741 at Teatro di Santa Cecilia, Palermo. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Pescetti)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Giovanni Battista Pescetti. Performed in Florence in December 1732; the source gives the date as possibly 26 December. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio (Schiassi)
A distinct setting or adaptation of Pietro Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto by Gaetano Maria Schiassi. Premiered on 28 August 1732 at Teatro Regio Ducale, Milan; later performed in Lisbon. No version-specific plot is supplied.
Demetrio e Polibio
Polybius, king of Parthia, protects his daughter Lisinga and her lover Siveno, whom all believe to be the son of a minister. Siveno is actually the long-lost son of Demetrius, king of Syria. Demetrius disguises himself as a messenger to reclaim Siveno, but when he enters the palace, he finds Lisinga alone and kidnaps her instead. Polybius and Siveno demand her release, while Demetrius threatens to kill her unless Siveno is handed over. An old medallion makes Demetrius recognize Siveno as his son. Demetrius reveals his identity, the prisoners are reunited and peace is restored.
Demetrio, Re di Siria
Simon Mayr’s last opera is an Italian setting of a revision of Pietro Metastasio’s 1732 libretto, previously set by Johann Adolph Hasse. The recorded roles include Alceste/Demetrio, Cleonice, Olinto, Barsene, Fenicio, and Mitrane.
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Demofonte
King Demofonte orders the sacrifice of Dircea, unaware she is secretly married to his son Timante. After revelations about the two young people’s parentage resolve the apparent incest, they can marry, while Timante yields the throne to his brother, who weds Creusa.
Demofoonte
Three-act Italian dramma per musica by Christoph Willibald Gluck, setting Pietro Metastasio’s libretto.
Demofoonte
King Demofoonte asks Apollo’s oracle when the annual sacrifice of a virgin will end. His secret daughter-in-law Dircea is imprisoned for fleeing the sacrifice, and revelations seem to make her and Timante siblings. A second letter reveals Timante is Matusio’s son, allowing him to marry Dircea and Cherinto to marry Creusa; the sacrifices end.
Demofoonte
King Demofoonte asks Apollo when the annual sacrifice of a virgin will end. Dircea, secretly married to Timante, is imprisoned for fleeing the sacrifice; revelations seem to make her and Timante siblings. A second letter reveals Timante is Matusio’s son, allowing him to marry Dircea while Cherinto marries Creusa and succeeds to the throne.
Demon
The Demon falls in love with Tamara, who is betrothed to Prince Sinodal. Sinodal is killed on the way to their wedding, and Tamara enters a convent; when the Demon follows and kisses her, she sees Sinodal’s ghost and dies. The Angel proclaims her redemption and condemns the Demon to eternal solitude.
Den Kongelige Gæst
In a doctor’s home in Jutland around 1900, Dr. Høyer and his wife prepare for a dress ball, but all their guests cancel at the last moment. Their unexpected visitor is the mysterious Prince Carnival, who plays the piano, talks with Dr. Høyer’s wife and encourages the couple to continue with the party.
Denis & Katya
Russian teenagers Denis Muravyov and Katerina Vlasova fall in love, flee home and hide at a relative’s house. A standoff with Russian special forces ends in a firefight and the teenagers’ deaths. The chamber opera retells the event through six witnesses’ accounts, news fragments, messages and role-play.
Der Barbier von Bagdad
Nureddin loves Margiana, daughter of the Cadi. With Bostana’s help, he is made presentable by Abdul Hassan, the barber, and enters the women’s quarters to court Margiana. A farcical series of disguises and hiding follows, including Nureddin being carried away in a treasure chest. The Caliph arrives, releases him, and betroths him to Margiana.
Der Besuch der alten Dame
The three-act opera adapts Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play The Visit, with a German libretto by the playwright.
Der Bettelstudent
Colonel Ollendorf arranges for the penniless student Symon to pose as a wealthy nobleman so he can marry Laura Nowalska. They fall in love, but after their wedding Ollendorf reveals the deception and Symon is cast out. Symon’s friend Janicki reveals that he is a Polish officer involved in a plot to restore King Stanislaus. Symon impersonates a grand duke to help the plan succeed, and is ultimately accepted by Laura and her family.
Der Bäbu
Heinrich Marschner’s three-act comic opera adapts Augustus Prinsep’s book The Baboo and Other Tales Descriptive of Society in India. The available text does not provide plot details.
Der Bärenhäuter
After returning from the Thirty Years’ War, Hans Kraft loses a wager with Saint Peter and is punished by the devil: he must wear a bearskin, remain unwashed, and find a woman who stays faithful to him for three years. The youngest daughter Luise accepts half his ring and remains true despite his appearance. Hans is redeemed, escapes the devil, and returns to Luise after helping defend a castle from attack.
Der Corregidor
In an Andalusian village in 1804, miller Lukas overhears the Corregidor courting his wife Frasquita. Frasquita refuses the Corregidor’s advances, and when the man falls into the millstream she leaves to tell Lukas and the Corregidora what happened. Lukas sees the Corregidor’s clothes and a notary appointment, assumes Frasquita has been unfaithful, and goes to the Corregidor’s house disguised as him. The Corregidor is mistaken for Lukas in turn. The Corregidora sorts out the identities and the events, and Lukas and Frasquita reconcile.
Der Diktator
In a hotel beside Lake Geneva, the Dictator orders a declaration of war as Maria and his wife Charlotte watch. Maria learns from a blinded officer that the Dictator's forces used poison gas and vows to kill his commander. She confronts the Dictator with a revolver, but when Charlotte takes the weapon to shoot him, Maria steps in front and is killed; the Dictator, horrified, flees.
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.
Der Evangelimann
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.
Der Freischütz
To marry Agathe, Max must pass a shooting trial. His rival Kaspar persuades him to use magic bullets cast with help from Samiel, the Black Huntsman, who can guide the seventh bullet. At the trial, the bullet appears to strike Agathe but is deflected by her bridal wreath and the hermit, and kills Kaspar instead. Max confesses, and the prince bans him from marrying Agathe. The hermit persuades the prince to allow the marriage after Max completes a year of probation.
Der Goggolori
A children’s opera based on a Bavarian folk tale about conflict between paganism and Christianity during the Thirty Years’ War.
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.
Der Graf von Gleichen
Schubert’s unfinished two-act opera based on a libretto by Eduard Bauernfeld.
Der Göttergatte
A German operetta by Franz Lehár, originally with a prelude and two acts. It was later revised under the titles Die ideale Gattin and Die Tangokönigin.
Der Jasager
During a mountain journey, a boy accompanying his teacher and fellow students falls ill. The group follows a custom that requires him to agree to being abandoned; his companion text, Der Neinsager, gives an alternative in which he refuses and asks that custom be reconsidered.
Der Jüngste Tag
A three-act German opera by Giselher Klebe and Lore Klebe based on Ödön von Horváth’s play of the same title.
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Death goes on strike after the Emperor proclaims universal war and claims authority over life and death. In the resulting world, soldiers cannot kill and the suffering cannot die; Death agrees to return only if the Emperor becomes his first victim, and the Emperor accepts.
Der Kirschgarten
A four-act German-language opera based on Anton Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard.
Der Kreidekreis
After her family is impoverished by the tax collector Ma, Haitang is sold into a brothel and later becomes his second wife, bearing a son. Ma is poisoned by his first wife Yü-Pei, who frames Haitang and claims the child. Before Emperor Pao, both women must pull the child from a chalk circle; Haitang refuses to hurt him, revealing herself as his true mother. Pao learns the child is his and makes Haitang his wife.
Der Kuhhandel
In the fictional Caribbean country of Santa Maria, Juan’s cow is seized to pay taxes for a military arms deal, repeatedly thwarting his marriage to Juanita. After a coup and a failed parade, defective weapons undermine the war plans; Juan is pardoned, and the couple recover the cow and marry.
Der Kuhreigen
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.
Der König Kandaules
In ancient Lydia, King Kandaules wants to share his wealth and wife Nyssia with his favorites. A fisherman, Gyges, gains a ring of invisibility and secretly spends a night with the queen; after learning his identity, Nyssia orders him to kill the king and takes him as her successor.
Der Meister und Margarita
York Höller’s two-act German opera adapts Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita.
Der Mieter
A German-language opera based on Roland Topor’s novel Le locataire chimérique.
Der Mond
Four rascals steal the Moon for their moonless country and take it with them to their graves. Saint Peter descends to the underworld, retrieves the Moon, and hangs it again in the sky.
Der Opernball
During Carnival in Paris, Marguérite and Angèle test their husbands’ fidelity by arranging masked meetings at an opera ball with ladies wearing pink dominoes. The husbands mistake one another and the chambermaid Hortense for their intended partners. Back home, confusion escalates toward a duel until the wives reveal their intact dominoes and Hortense’s part is exposed.
Der Prinz von Homburg
Prince Friedrich dreams of Princess Natalie during preparations for battle and attacks prematurely, though his cavalry succeeds. The Elector arrests him for disobedience and expects to ratify a death sentence. Natalie frees Friedrich, while the Elector decides to pardon him; at the supposed execution, he instead grants Friedrich her hand.
Der Protagonist
This one-act German Literaturoper by Kurt Weill is based on Georg Kaiser's 1920 play The Protagonist.
Der Prozeß
Bank clerk Josef K. is arrested without being told the charge. As he encounters an opaque court system and tries to secure help, the trial increasingly overwhelms him; in the final scene, two men lead him to a quarry and kill him.
Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
In thirteenth-century Hamelin, rat-catcher Hunold Singuf rids the town of rats but is not properly rewarded. He then lures away all the children, who disappear.
Der Rauchfangkehrer
Chimney sweep Volpino and cook Lisel scheme to obtain a dowry from their wealthy social betters. Volpino charms Frau von Habicht and her stepdaughter with music, then persuades the noblemen pursuing them to pay him to undo the women’s infatuation.
Der Revisor
A five-act comic opera based on Nikolai Gogol’s play The Government Inspector.
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Alberich steals Rhine gold and forges a ring that grants world-dominating power. Wotan takes the ring to pay the giants for building Valhalla, setting off a multigenerational struggle to control it. Siegfried wins the ring but is betrayed and killed by Hagen. Brünnhilde returns the ring to the Rhine and dies on Siegfried’s pyre; fire destroys Valhalla, and the Rhinemaidens drown Hagen as they reclaim the gold.
Der Ring des Polykrates
Wilhelm Arndt seems to have everything: a happy marriage, a new post as court music director, and an inheritance. His returning friend Peter Vogel envies his good fortune and urges him to sacrifice something to appease fate. Wilhelm’s resulting argument with Laura subsides, and the couple decide that Vogel, the intriguer, must leave.
Der Roland von Berlin
A German-language four-act opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo, adapted from Willibald Alexis’s 1840 historical novel of the same title. The opera received its Italian premiere in Naples under the title Rolando.
Der Rosenkavalier
In Vienna, the Marschallin’s young lover Octavian is asked to serve as the Knight of the Rose for her cousin Baron Ochs, who is engaged to Sophie von Faninal. When Octavian presents Sophie with a silver rose, they fall in love. Sophie refuses to marry Ochs, and Octavian helps her devise a scheme to break the engagement. Ochs is caught in a compromising situation and leaves in disgrace. The Marschallin recognizes that Octavian loves Sophie and lets him go; the young couple reunites.
Der Schatzgräber
The minstrel Elis is enlisted to recover the queen’s lost jewels. Innkeeper’s daughter Els, desperate to escape a forced marriage, arranges the murder of her suitor and sends Elis to find the jewels; after he is accused, she helps secure his release. The fool saves Els from execution by claiming her as his promised wife, but a year later she dies, consoled by Elis’s song.
Der Schauspieldirektor
Impresario Frank auditions singers for his new company, assisted by the buffo singer Buff. He hires Madame Herz and Mademoiselle Silberklang, who then quarrel over which of them will receive the leading role and the higher salary. Each performs an aria to demonstrate her talent. Tenor Vogelsang brokers a compromise, and the company joins in a finale celebrating the artists’ pursuit of fame.
Der Schmied von Gent
In wartime Ghent, blacksmith Smee loses his trade after being denounced for opposing Spanish rule. On the verge of drowning himself, he accepts seven years of wealth in return for his soul. As the pact nears its end, he repairs a donkey’s shoe for a poor family who prove to be Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. Joseph grants him three wishes, which Smee uses to outwit Hell’s emissaries. After Lucifer appears, the forge vanishes. At death Smee is rejected by both Hell and Heaven, so he opens a food stall for the dead. His wife intercedes with Joseph, who weighs Smee’s good and bad deeds and admits him to Paradise.
Der Schmied von Ruhla
A German opera by Friedrich Lux to a libretto by Ludwig C. Bauer. Its plot is not summarized in the available record.
Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin
A bird-man born from an egg is rejected by his family and sent on adventures. He becomes a nightwatchman for the Emperor of Mesopotamia and falls in love with the Flying Princess. After rivals wage war against him, he wins her; she briefly elopes with a Dutchman, then returns and follows him to a new land.
Der Sprung über den Schatten
A German-language opera that parodies Expressionism and psychoanalysis and includes jazz elements.
Der Stein der Weisen, oder die Zauberinsel
A two-act Singspiel based on a fairy tale from Christoph Martin Wieland’s Dschinnistan.
Der Sturm
Frank Martin’s German-language opera is based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, using the German translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck. The reviewed entry does not provide a separate synopsis.
Der Templer und die Jüdin
A three-act romantic opera set in late twelfth-century England, based through intermediate adaptations on Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe.
Der Thurm zu Babel
Nimrod and the Master Builder celebrate their attempt to reach heaven with a tower. Abraham rebukes them and is condemned to a fiery furnace; angels then destroy the tower, leaving Nimrod and the workers confused as angels and demons each claim victory.
Der Traum ein Leben
Walter Braunfels’s German-language operatic adaptation of Franz Grillparzer’s 1834 play, structured in three acts with prologue and epilogue.
Der Traumgörge
Görge abandons his arranged marriage to pursue a dream of a princess. Years later, living in poverty with Gertraud, he refuses to abandon her when villagers ask him to lead a revolt; the couple escape a mob and eventually return to his home village, where their life fulfills his earlier dream.
Der Trompeter von Säckingen
In seventeenth-century Heidelberg and Säckingen, trumpeter Werner loves Maria, but her parents want her to marry the cowardly Damian. Werner proves himself a hero and is discovered to be of noble birth, allowing the couple to marry.
Der Tyroler Wastel
In 18th-century Vienna, Frau von Tiefsinn mistakes gifts sent by baker Joseph to her stepdaughter Louise as a romantic gesture from her own lover, Tulippan, but the confusion is resolved and Louise’s father approves her match with Joseph. His brother Wastel, a farmer from Tyrol, arrives with his wife Liesel and disrupts the household with his rough manners. At a Prater pub, Wastel’s songs provoke the party before a storm sends everyone home. The next morning, Wastel thwarts efforts to remove him. Frau von Tiefsinn tries to arrange Louise’s marriage to an imperial accountant, but Wastel helps Louise marry Joseph. Liesel rejects the accountant’s proposal, and Frau von Tiefsinn reconciles with her husband. Wastel gives the couple money for Louise’s dowry, and the household celebrates.
Der Töpfer
Marthe hopes to win a lottery and tries to delay her daughter Hannchen’s marriage to Gürge, hoping to arrange a wealthier match.
Der Vampyr
A three-act romantic opera set in southern France and based on a story by Heinrich Ludwig Ritter.
Der Vampyr
Lord Ruthven must sacrifice three virgin brides within a day to gain another year of life. After killing Janthe, he pursues Malwina while her lover Aubry is bound by an oath not to reveal Ruthven’s identity. Aubry exposes the vampire as the wedding begins; Ruthven is struck by lightning, and Malwina is free to marry Aubry.
Der Vetter aus Dingsda
A German-language operetta based on a comedy by Max Kempner-Hochstädt.
Der Vogelhändler
Bird-seller Adam and postmistress Christel are engaged but unable to live together. A series of mistaken identities at the Elector’s court, including officer Stanislaus impersonating the Elector, causes Adam to break with Christel. When the deception is exposed, the lovers reconcile, while the master of the hunt marries Adelaide; the court and Tyroleans celebrate together.
Der Waffenschmied
Count Liebenau loves Marie, daughter of armourer Stadinger, but disguises himself as the journeyman blacksmith Konrad so she will love him without regard to his rank. Stadinger mistrusts Konrad and tries to marry Marie to someone else. Liebenau stages a kidnapping and uses further deceptions to win Stadinger’s consent; when his identity is revealed, Stadinger is angered but finally blesses the couple.
Der Wald
Forest spirits begin a ritual celebrating their timelessness, then fade as a village celebration starts. Röschen is engaged to woodcutter Heinrich. Iolanthe, the feared mistress of Count Rudolf, is attracted to Heinrich and tries to bring him into the castle. He rejects her, remaining loyal to Röschen. A peddler accuses Heinrich of killing a deer, giving Iolanthe leverage. Heinrich chooses deathless, powerful life over weak, brief life, and Iolanthe orders him killed. The forest spirits resume their interrupted ritual.
Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung
A four-act German comic opera based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
Der Wildschütz
Schoolmaster Baculus is dismissed for hunting on the Count’s land, threatening his engagement to Gretchen. At the Count’s birthday gathering, both the Count and Baron Kronthal pursue Gretchen, while the Baroness disguises herself as a student and helps Baculus. A series of mistaken identities is finally resolved; Baculus and Gretchen reunite, and he regains his post. Baculus also discovers that he had shot his own donkey rather than a deer.
Der Zar lässt sich photographieren
In a Paris photographic studio, the proprietor Angèle learns that the Tsar is coming to have his portrait taken. Revolutionaries seize the studio and disguise members of their gang as Angèle and her staff, hiding a gun in the camera to kill the Tsar; after the police arrive, the gang escapes, and the Tsar finally has his photograph taken by the real staff.
Der Zwerg
At the Infanta Donna Clara’s birthday party, a sultan’s gift of a dwarf arrives. Unaware of his appearance, he falls in love with her and imagines himself her knight. The Infanta gives him a white rose, which he takes as a sign of affection. After seeing his reflection in a mirror, he asks her for love and a kiss; she rejects him as a monster, and he dies as the party continues.
Der arme Heinrich
A three-act opera based on Hartmann von Aue’s 12th-century narrative poem of the same name.
Der beglückte Florindo
At a festival honoring Phoebus, the god falls in love with Daphne, who is promised to Florindo. Alfirena and Lycoris also love Florindo, while Damon loves Lycoris. Daphne and Florindo obtain their fathers’ consent to marry, and their wedding is celebrated with Phoebus joining the festivities.
Der ferne Klang
Fritz leaves Grete to pursue the mysterious sound he hopes to capture in music. Years later, after Grete has become a courtesan, they meet again but separate; when Fritz’s opera fails and he grows ill, they are reunited, and he finally hears the sound before dying in her arms.
Der geduldige Socrates
A three-act German comic opera centered on Socrates.
Der gewaltige Hahnrei
An opera by Berthold Goldschmidt based on Fernand Crommelynck’s play Le Cocu Magnifique.
Der goldene Drache
In a Chinese restaurant, an undocumented young cook with toothache is treated in the kitchen and bleeds to death. A stewardess finds his tooth in her soup and carries it on a trip to China.
Der junge Lord
Sir Edgar, an aloof English gentleman, arrives in a German town with an entourage and animals, then invites a circus troupe into his mansion. Months later, his nephew Lord Barrat is presented to the townspeople, who imitate his eccentric behavior. At a dance, Barrat’s clothes fall away and reveal him to be a trained ape.
Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer
A leftist intellectual is lured toward Natascha Ungeheuer’s apartment, a “siren of a false Utopia.” He resists going all the way to her apartment but has not yet found a path to revolution. The allegory satirizes people who preach socialist values while retaining a bourgeois lifestyle.
Der letzte Walzer
A three-act Viennese operetta.
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