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Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn

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Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn
Opera by Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber, by Caroline Bardua, 1821
TranslationPeter Schmoll and his Neighbours
LibrettistJosef Türk
LanguageGerman
Based onNovel by Carl Gottlob Cramer
Premiere
March? 1803 (1803)

Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn (J. 8, Op. 8, Peter Schmoll and his Neighbours) is the third opera by Carl Maria von Weber and the first for which the music has survived, though the libretto has not. It was written in 1801–2 when the composer was only 15 and premiered in Augsburg the following year. The libretto is based on a novel by Carl Gottlob Cramer.[1]

Roles

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  • The cook (contralto)
  • Hans Bast (bass)
  • Karl Pirkner (tenor)
  • Martin Schmoll (baritone)
  • Minette (soprano)
  • Niklas (tenor)
  • Peter Schmoll (bass)

Recording

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  • Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn Busching/Schmidt/Pfeffer, Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerhard Markson (Marco Polo, 1994)

References

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  1. ^ Warrack 1976, p. 379.

Sources

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  • Holden, Amanda, ed. The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc., 2001 ISBN 0-14-029312-4
  • Warrack, John, Review of the Markson recording, Gramophone, September 1994.