The Simplicius

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Opera dates
Title: The Simplicius
Title page of the libretto, Leipzig 1899

Title page of the libretto, Leipzig 1899

Shape: Opera in three acts
Original language: German
Music: Hans Huber
Libretto : Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Literary source: Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen : The adventurous Simplicissimus
Premiere: February 22, 1912
Place of premiere: Basel
Place and time of the action: Lippa Castle in Westphalia, around 1640
people
  • Simplicius
  • Melcher, a Moor
  • Verena, a traveling lady
  • The Lord of Lippa
  • Apollonia, his daughter
  • The Junker von Rosenanger
  • The pastor in Lippa
  • The mayor in Lippa
  • The castle captain in Lippa
  • The town clerk in Lippa
  • Trumpeter of Simplicius
  • Servants and maidservants, farmers, peasant women, village children, musicians, soldiers, baggage boys

The Simplicius is an opera in three acts by the Swiss composer Hans Huber based on the novel Der adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen . It was published in 1899 by Fr. Kistner , Leipzig. It is considered one of Huber's main works. The libretto wrote Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy . The opera was premiered on February 22nd, 1912 in Basel.

Web links

Commons : Der Simplicius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Google Books
  2. ↑ Margaret Ross Griffel: Operas in German: A Dictionary. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. p. 447.