Das Liebesverbot
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Das Liebesverbot, is an early comic opera in two acts by Richard Wagner, with the libretto written by the composer after Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Described as a Große komische Oper, it was c
1922 vocal score with illustration by Franz Stassen
Richard Wagner (c. 1840; age 27).
William Hunt Claudio and Isabella Shakespeare Measure for Measure
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in three acts, by Richard Wagner. It is the longest opera commonly performed, taking nearly four and a half hours, not counting two
Das Liebesverbot
…and Italian comic opera. It is also referred to as the forgotten comedy, being one of Wagner's only two comic works, the other being the better-known Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Wagner conducted the premiere in 1836 at the Stadttheater Magdeburg. Poorly attended and with a lead singer who forgot the words and had to improvise…
Max Staegemann as Hans Sachs