The Simplicius
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Title: | The Simplicius |
Title page of the libretto, Leipzig 1899 |
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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 |
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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.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Google Books
- ↑ Margaret Ross Griffel: Operas in German: A Dictionary. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. p. 447.