The woman given away

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Work data
Title: The woman given away
Original title: The woman given away
Original language: German
Music: Eugen d'Albert
Libretto : Rudolf Lothar
Premiere: February 6, 1912
Place of premiere: Vienna
Playing time: about 2 hours
Place and time of the action: Frascati, 18th century
people
  • Antonio the landlord ( bass )
  • Betrice, his wife ( soprano )
  • Luigi, whose father ( bass )
  • Teresa, Luigi's youngest daughter ( soprano )
  • Fra Angelico, a Capuchin ( tenor )
  • Zacometto, director and capo comico (harlequin) of a traveling troupe ( baritone )
  • Felicia (Colombine), his wife ( soprano )

Members of the troop:

  • A shepherd ( soprano )
  • Maids and servants
  • Comedians

The given woman is a comic opera in three acts by Eugen d'Albert . Rudolf Lothar wrote the libretto . The opera's first performance was on February 6, 1912 at the Vienna Court Opera .

action

first act

Antonio, the innkeeper, has the beautiful and virtuous Beatrice as his wife and pursues her with an unjustified jealousy. On the advice of the Capuchin Fra Angelico, the troubled wife decides in her need to go on a pilgrimage to the patron saint of all decent wives, to St. Anna . On the same night that she goes on this pilgrimage, her sister, who looks very similar to her, arrives in the city of Frascati . Felicia, a mischievous girl, has left home with Zacometto's jugglers, whom her father refused to allow her to marry. She learns how much her noble sister has to suffer from her husband's jealousy, and resolves to convert her brother-in-law from his passion.

Second act

In the clothes of her sister she plays the mistress in their house, confronts the brother-in-law very energetically and flirts with the guests - these are, of course, only Zacometto and a few members of his group of jugglers. Antonio catches her doing it and, in his anger, declares that the awkward woman should henceforth belong to the lover to whom she seems to show her favor.

Third act

Antonio listens in disbelief under the window of the room in which Felicia, whom he takes to be his wife Beatrice, is staying with her husband, the juggler Zacometto. The next morning, Felicia is reconciled with her father and also gives her sister Terese a husband. Finally, Beatrice returns from the pilgrimage and clarifies the matter. Antonio recognizes the game that has been played with him, is happy to have his wife back in good condition, and vows not to be jealous in the future.

literature

  • Eugen d'Albert: The woman given away. Comic opera in three acts . Libretto. Aug. Cranz, Leipzig 1911, DNB 1120124190 .
  • Charlotte Pangels: Eugen d'Albert: wonder pianist and composer. A biography. Atlantis, Zurich / Freiburg i. Br. 1981, ISBN 3-7611-0595-9 .

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