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Franz Schubert's best-known music for the theatre is his incidental music for Rosamunde . Less successful were his many opera and Singspiel projects. On the other hand, some of his most popular Lieder, like "Gretchen am Spinnrade," were based on texts written for the theatre.
D 4, Overture to the vocal comedy Der Teufel als Hydraulicus for orchestra (1812?)
D 644, Music for Zauberspiel Die Zauberharfe for tenor, six spoken roles, mixed choir and orchestra (1820, in three acts: overtures to the first and third acts, and thirteen numbers; overture to the first act known as the "Rosamunde" Overture, also used in D 797)
D 797, Music for Schauspiel Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern for alto, mixed choir and orchestra (1823, overture and nine numbers; first published as Op. 26)
D 11, Singspiel Der Spiegelritter for five sopranos, three tenors, four basses, mixed choir and orchestra (1811?, in three acts?; unfinished – overture, five complete numbers and three fragments from act 1 are extant)
D 84, Singspiel Des Teufels Lustschloß for three sopranos, two tenors, three basses, one spoken role, mixed choir and orchestra (1814, in three acts: overture and twenty-three numbers; 2 versions; NSA also appends three discarded numbers: No. 13 from the 1st version and Nos. 7 and 23 from the 2nd version, in addition to a fragment of an orchestral postlude)
D 137, Singspiel Adrast for soprano, tenor, bass, men's choir and orchestra (1817, in two or three acts?; unfinished – thirteen numbers are extant: eight are complete, and five are sketches)
D 190, Singspiel Der vierjährige Posten for soprano, three tenors, bass, one spoken role, mixed choir and orchestra (1815, in one act: overture and eight numbers)
D 220, Singspiel Fernando for two sopranos, tenor, two basses, one spoken role and orchestra (1815, in one act: seven numbers)
D 239, Singspiel Claudine von Villa Bella for two sopranos, two tenors, two basses, mixed choir and orchestra (1815, in three acts; incomplete – act 1: overture and eight numbers, is extant, as well as one number from act 2 and one number from act 3; remaining numbers were written, but are now lost)
D 326, Singspiel Die Freunde von Salamanka for three sopranos, three tenors, six basses, mixed choir and orchestra (1815, in two acts: overture and eighteen numbers)
Die Bürgschaft , D 435, is an opera for four sopranos, three tenors, three basses, two baritones, mixed choir and orchestra (1816, in three acts; unfinished – act 1: nine numbers, five numbers from act 2, and one number and one fragment from act 3 are extant)
D 647, Singspiel Die Zwillingsbrüder for soprano, tenor, three basses, mixed choir and orchestra (1819, in one act: overture and ten numbers)
D 701, Opera Sakuntala for fourteen sopranos, three altos, five tenors, nine basses, mixed choir and orchestra (1820, also appears as "Sakontala" or "Sacontala"; in three acts; unfinished – sketches of eleven numbers from acts 1 and 2 are extant)
D 723, Duet and Aria for Hérold's Das Zauberglöckchen ['Nein, nein, nein, nein, das ist zu viel'; 'Der Tag entflieht, der Abend glüht'] for two tenors, bass and orchestra (1821)
D 732, Opera Alfonso und Estrella for two sopranos, two tenors, bass, two baritones, mixed choir and orchestra (1821–1822, in three acts: overture and thirty-four numbers)
D 787, Singspiel Die Verschworenen for four or five sopranos, two altos, two or three tenors, two basses, mixed choir and orchestra, Der häusliche Krieg (1823, in one act: eleven numbers)
D 791, Opera Rüdiger for two tenors, men's choir and orchestra (1823, sketches of two numbers are extant)
D 796, Opera Fierabras for three sopranos, three tenors, three basses, baritone, one spoken role, mixed choir and orchestra (1823, also appears as "Fierrabras"; in three acts: overture and twenty-three numbers; first published as Op. 76)
D 918, Opera Der Graf von Gleichen for four sopranos, two tenors, six basses, mixed choir and orchestra (1827, in two acts; unfinished – sketches of eleven numbers for act 1 and nine numbers for act 2 are extant)
D 981, Singspiel Der Minnesänger (date unknown, fragment; lost)
D 982, Opera "?" for two sopranos, tenor, bass and orchestra (1819–1821?, also appears as "Sophie"; title and text author unknown; sketches of three numbers are extant)
When a student of Salieri, Schubert set several excerpts of Italian libretti by Metastasio.
D | pub. | AGA | NSA | Name | Incipit | Date | Remarks |
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17 | (1940) (1986) | VIII, 2 No. 37 | Composition exercises, D 17 | Quell' innocente figlio | 1812? | From Isacco I, "Aria dell' Angelo" – Nine settings, corrections by Salieri | |
33 | (1940) | VIII, 2 No. 38 | Composition exercises, D 33 | Entra l'uomo allor che nasce | Sept–Oct 1812 | From Isacco II, "Aria di Abramo" – Six settings and an Allegretto, corrections by Salieri | |
34 | (1940) | VIII, 2 No. 39 | Composition exercises, D 34 | Te solo adoro | 5/11/1812 | From Betulia liberata II, "Aria di Achior" – Two settings (second incomplete), corrections by Salieri | |
35 | (1940) | VIII, 2 No. 40 | Composition exercises, D 35 | Serbate, o Dei custodi | Oct–Dec 1812 | From La clemenza di Tito I, 5 – Three settings, corrections by Salieri | |
42 | (1895) (1969) | XX, 10 No. 570 | IV, 6 No. 5 Anh. No. 3 | Aria di Timante | Misero pargoletto | 1813? | From Demofoonte III, 5 – Two settings; first setting two variant fragments |
76 | (1871) (1969) | XX, 10 No. 571 | IV, 6 No. 9 Anh. No. 4 | Aria di Fronimo | Pensa, che questo istante | 13 and 7 Sept. 1813 | From Alcide al bivio, 1st scene – Two versions (2nd in AGA) |
78 | (1895) | XX, 10 No. 572 | IV, 6 No. 11 | Aria di Venere | Son fra l'onde | 18/9/1813 | From Gli orti esperdi, I |
D 689, Oratorio Lazarus, oder: Die Feier der Auferstehung for three sopranos, two tenors, bass, mixed choir and orchestra (1820, in three acts; unfinished – act 1: twenty-one numbers, and eight numbers from act 2 are extant)
Johann Ludwig Bach was a German composer and violinist.
The Consecration of the House, Op. 124, is a work by Ludwig van Beethoven composed in September 1822. It was commissioned by Carl Friedrich Hensler, the Director of Vienna's new Theater in der Josefstadt, and was first performed at the theatre's opening on October 3, 1822. It was the first work Beethoven wrote after his revival of studying the works of J. S. Bach and Handel, and bears their influence.
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208.1, BWV 208, also known as the Hunting Cantata, is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, belatedly for the birthday of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels on 27 February 1713. A performance lasts about forty minutes. The aria "Schafe können sicher weiden" is the most familiar part of this cantata.
Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith was a Bohemian horn player and versatile composer influenced by Joseph Haydn and Ignaz Pleyel. Today he is chiefly remembered because of his adaptations of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The French composer and writer Hector Berlioz immortalized him in a diatribe in his autobiography.
Der Tod Jesu is an oratorio libretto by Karl Wilhelm Ramler. In its setting by Carl Heinrich Graun in 1755, it was the most often performed Passion of the 18th century in Germany.
Psalm 146 in A major by Anton Bruckner is a psalm setting for double mixed choir, soloists and orchestra. It is a setting of verses 1 to 11 of a German version of Psalm 147, which is Psalm 146 in the Vulgata.
Lazarus or Die Feier der Auferstehung, D 689, is an unfinished 1820 oratorio by Franz Schubert on a libretto by August Hermann Niemeyer. Intended to be in three acts, only act 1 with twenty-one numbers, and eight numbers from act 2 are extant.
Die Verschworenen, also known as Der häusliche Krieg is an 1823 one-act singspiel by Franz Schubert after a libretto by Ignaz Franz Castelli with spoken dialogue by the composer. Castelli's libretto was based on Lisistrata, ou Les Athéniennes, Comédie en un acte et en prose, mêlée de vaudevilles by François-Benoît Hoffman, which had premiered at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris in 1802. The French play in turn was based on Lysistrata by Aristophanes.
Sakuntala, also Sakontala, D 701, is an unfinished opera in three acts, written c. 1820 by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Johann Philipp Neumann. The opera is based on the Sanskrit story of Shakuntala's love for King Duschmanta and her rejection.
Der Graf von Gleichen D 918 is an unfinished 1827 opera in two acts by Franz Schubert after a libretto by Eduard Bauernfeld.
Die Freunde von Salamanka D. 326, is an 1815 Singspiel in two acts by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Johann Mayrhofer.
Der vierjährige Posten, D 190, is a one-act singspiel by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Theodor Körner written for Carl Steinacker's (1784–1814) opera of the same title that premiered in 1813 in Vienna's Theater an der Wien. Written in 1815 when Schubert was 18 years old, it was first performed on 23 September 1896, 67 years after Schubert's death, at the Dresden Court Opera.
Die Schöpfung & Harmoniemesse is a 1992, 149-minute CD issue of two studio recordings of classical vocal works by Joseph Haydn, both accompanied by the New York Philharmonic and conducted by Leonard Bernstein. The oratorio Die Schöpfung, sung by Judith Raskin, John Reardon, Alexander Young and the Camerata Singers, was first released in 1968. The Harmoniemesse, sung by Judith Blegen, Simon Estes, Kenneth Riegel, Frederica von Stade and the Westminster Choir, was first released in 1975.
Miriam Feuersinger is an Austrian soprano.
Daniel Johannsen is an Austrian operatic tenor.
King Manfred, Op. 93 is a grand romantic opera in 5 acts by Carl Reinecke to libretto by Friedrich Roeber. It was composed in 1866 and staged in 1867.