The will (Kienzl)

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Work data
Title: The testament
Original title: The testament
Shape: Musical comedy
Original language: German
Music: Wilhelm Kienzl
Libretto : Wilhelm Kienzl
Literary source: based on motifs by Peter Rosegger
Premiere: December 6, 1916
Place of premiere: Volksoper Vienna
Playing time: approx. 2½ hours
Place and time of the action: Aussee area , Shrove Tuesday and six days later in 1750
people
  • Stefan Holzer, Lindenwirt and Mayor of Fopphausen ( baritone )
  • Vroni, daughter of his late sister, his ward ( soprano )
  • Florian, a young miller ( tenor )
  • The pastor ( bass )
  • Michael Wurdinger, teacher (tenor)
  • Robert Meidler, forest manager (baritone)
  • Vitus Umschlag, Bader, Coroner (tenor)
  • Karl Preisinger, community secretary (bass)
  • Nikolaus Laufberger, businessman (bass)
  • Fritz Stangl, master tailor (bass)
  • The Gaderer (bass)
  • A notary (bass)
  • Mrs. Laufberger ( mezzo-soprano )
  • Mrs. Wurdinger (soprano)
  • Ursula, housekeeper at Holzer (mezzo-soprano)
  • Peter, gravedigger (bass)
  • Citizens, farmers, women, maidservants and servants, musicians, a taxman, children ( choir )

The Testament is a musical comedy in two acts premiered in 1916 at the Volksoper in Vienna by Wilhelm Kienzl , who also wrote the libretto (based on motifs by Peter Rosegger ).

Initially a great success, the opera was last performed in 1927 and only rediscovered in 2007 on the occasion of the composer's 150th birthday and performed at the Landestheater Linz under the direction of Andreas Baesler and on the set by Harald Thor.