La poupée de Nuremberg
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| Title: | The Nuremberg doll |
| Original title: | La poupée de Nuremberg |
| Shape: | Opéra-comique in one act |
| Original language: | French |
| Music: | Adolphe Adam |
| Libretto : | Adolphe de Leuven , Arthur de Beauplan |
| Premiere: | February 21, 1852 |
| Place of premiere: | Opéra-Comique , Paris |
| Playing time: | Around 1 hour |
| Place and time of the action: | Cornelius toy shop in the 19th century |
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La poupée de Nuremberg (German: The Nuremberg Doll ) is an opera-comique in one act by the composer Adolphe Adam . The libretto comes from Adolphe de Leuven and Arthur de Beauplan and was first translated into German by Ernst Pasqué . This play had its first performance on February 21, 1852 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris ; in Germany it was shown for the first time on November 26th of the same year in Berlin .
action
The toy dealer Cornelius constructed a human-like doll and is now delusional about being able to bring it to life. Like a golem, it should soon be brought to life by the elements of nature - influenced by the position of the stars. In his confusion, Cornelius decided, as soon as this creature is alive, to give it to his son Benjamin as a wife.
To distract his father, Benjamin goes out with him in the evening. During this time, his nephew Heinrich meets secretly with his lover Berta in the toy shop. When Cornelius and Benjamin come home a little earlier than planned, Berta hides in Cornelius' workshop. She puts on the doll's clothes and when Cornelius takes his creature out of the workshop, it suddenly comes to life. But she behaves so wildly and impetuously that Cornelius can only switch it off again with great effort.
She is taken back to the workshop and Berta secretly exchanges clothes again. In the meantime Cornelius realized that his doll could only cause damage and destroyed it. Cornelius remembers that his nephew had warned him about such machines some time ago and, as a thank you, allows him to finally marry his Berta.
literature
- Adolphe Adam: The Nuremberg Doll. Comic opera in one act (“La pouppe de Nuremberg”). Schott , Mainz 1930.
- Leo Melitz: Guide through the operas . Globus-Verlag, Berlin 1914, p. 204.