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Operas by Heinrich Marschner 
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Der Templer und die Jüdin (1829)
Hans Heiling (1833)Der Templer und die Jüdin (The Templar and the Jewess) is an opera (designated as a grosse romantische Oper) in three acts by Heinrich Marschner. The German libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück was based on a number of intermediate works based in turn on Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.
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Performance history
The first performance took place at the Stadttheater in Leipzig on 22 December 1829. It became Marschner's most successful work and was staged more than 200 times in Germany during the next 70 years.
A revised version with recitatives rather than spoken dialogue was performed in Berlin on 3 August 1831 with Eduard Devrient as Bois-Guilbert. It was given in London at the Prince's Theatre on 17 June 1840, and in New York on 29 January 1872.
Many critics regarded the opera as unnecessarily complicated (and expensive to produce) and simplified versions were prepared by Felix Mottl, Richard Kleinmichel and finally Hans Pfitzner (1912). The latter's version was performed in Lübeck, Strasbourg and Cologne just before the First World War.
The opera was revived at the Wexford Festival in 1989, conducted by Albert Rosen and directed by Francesca Zambello with William Stone as Bois-Guilbert.
Roles
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 22 December, 1829
(Conductor: Heinrich Marschner)Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Templar baritone Heinrich Hammermeister Friar Tuck, Hermit of Copmanhurst bass Wilhelm Fischer Cedric von Rotherwood, Saxon knight bass Wilhelm Pögner The Black Knight (King Richard I) bass Eduard Schütz Lokslei, the outlaw leader baritone Lucas de Beaumanoir, Knights Templar Grand Master bass Maurice de Bracy, Norman knight tenor Rebecca, the Jewess, daughter of Isaac of York soprano Fortunata Franchetti-Wazel Rowena von Hargottstandstede, ward of Cedric soprano Henriette Wüst Wamba, a fool tenor August Wiedemann Wilfried von Ivanhoe, son of Cedric tenor Ubrich Oswald, Cedric's steward bass Albert Malvoisin, Norman knight spoken Conrad, Malvoisin's squire spoken Elgitha, Rowena's maid spoken Isaac of York, a Jew spoken Walter, an outlaw spoken Willibald, an outlaw spoken Robert, Bois-Guilbert's squire spoken Philip, Bois-Guilbert's squire spoken Herdibert spoken Synopsis
The opera is set in England at the end of the 12th century and the main characters include The Black Knight, King Richard 'the Lionheart', Saxons, Normans, Templars and Robin Hood (here called Lokslei, i.e., Locksley) and his band of outlaws.
References
- Sources
- Amadeus Almanac
- Palmer, A Dean (1992), 'Templer und die Jüdin, Der' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
External links
Categories:- Operas by Heinrich Marschner
- Operas
- Romantische Opern
- German-language operas
- 1829 operas
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