The devil's pleasure palace
| Work data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The devil's pleasure palace |
| Shape: | Singspiel |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Franz Schubert |
| Libretto : | August von Kotzebue |
| Literary source: | The devil's pleasure palace , August von Kotzebue 1801 |
| Premiere: | Concert: December 12, 1879 , scenic: March 17, 1978 |
| Place of premiere: | Concert: Musikvereinssaal Wien , scenic: Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam |
Des Teufels Lustschloß is an opera in three acts with music by Franz Schubert from 1813/1814 ( D 84). The spoken dialog is from August von Kotzebue . In the subtitle the work is referred to as a “natural magic opera ”.
action
A man subjects his niece's recently wedded husband to an examination of loyalty and consistency, using artificial ghosts and magic tricks in a castle equipped with theater machinery.
Kotzebue's book from 1801 goes back to Le château du diable by Joseph-Marie Loaisel de Tréogate (Paris 1792); the libretto had already been set to music by Ignaz Walter and Johann Friedrich Reichardt . Schubert wrote the opera in two versions within a year. The work was performed for the first time in concert on December 12, 1879 in the Vienna Musikvereinssaal . The scenic premiere took place on March 17, 1978 in the Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam .
literature
- Hans Dieter Arnold: On the history of Schubert's opera Des Teufels Lustschloß . In: Musik und Gesellschaft 28, 1978, ISSN 0344-290X , pp. 662-666.
- Uta Hertin-Loeser, Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen : The stages of development of "Des Teufels Lustschloß" D 84 . In: Schubert durch die Brille 9, 1992, ZDB -ID 1083172-1 , pp. 43-64.
- Till Gerrit Waidelich: Perhaps he stuck to the French original too strictly. A plagiarism by Kotzebue as a libretto for Walter, Reichardt and Schubert . In: Schubert durch die Brille 16/17, 1996, ZDB -ID 1083172-1 , pp. 95-109.