Der Graf von Gleichen D 918 is an unfinished 1827 opera in two acts by Franz Schubert after a libretto by Eduard Bauernfeld.
Der Graf von Gleichen D 918 is an unfinished 1827 opera in two acts by Franz Schubert after a libretto by Eduard Bauernfeld.
The opera is for four sopranos, two tenors, six basses, mixed choir and orchestra. Sketches of eleven numbers for Act I and nine numbers for Act II are extant:
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