Die verwandelten Weiber

Johann Adam Hiller

Die verwandelten Weiber, oder Der Teufel ist los, erster Teil (The Metamorphosed Wives, or The Devil to Pay, Part 1) is a three-act German: comische Oper by the German composer Johann Adam Hiller, incorporating 14 musical numbers from the popular farce Der Teufel ist los by Johann Georg Standfuß [de].

The libretto was by Christian Felix Weiße (1726–1804) based on the ballad opera The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd by Charles Coffey (1731), and an opéra comique text by Michel-Jean Sedaine using the same material.

Performance history

The opera was first performed at the theatre in Quandt's Court, Leipzig on 28 May 1766, conducted by the composer.[1]

Roles

Roles, voice types
Role Voice type
von Liebreich tenor
Frau von Liebreich soprano
Jobsen Zeckel, a cobbler bass
Lene, Zeckel's wife soprano
Mikroskop, a magician bass

References

  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Die verwandelten Weiber, 28 May 1766". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

Further reading

  • Bauman, Thomas (1992), "Verwandelten Weiber, Die" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7