Opera in the Repertoire · Romantic
Der Barbier von Bagdad
Music by Peter Cornelius · libretto by Peter Cornelius · premiered 1858 · at Nationaltheater Weimar
Der Barbier von Bagdad (The Barber of Baghdad) is a comic opera in two acts by Peter Cornelius to a German libretto by the composer, based on The Tale of the Tailor and The Barber’s Stories of his Six Brothers in One Thousand and One Nights.
The first of three operas by Cornelius, the piece was first performed at the Hoftheater in Weimar on 15 December 1858.
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About the Composer
Peter Cornelius is the composer of record for this opera.
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