Der krumme Teufel
Music by Joseph Haydn · libretto by Joseph Felix Kurz · premiered 1751 · at Theater am Kärntnertor
Der krumme Teufel (The Lame Devil or "The Limping Devil", 1751 or 1752), Hob. 29/1a, was Joseph Haydn's first opera. This German-language comic opera in the genre of Singspiel was commissioned by its librettist, leading comic actor Joseph Felix von Kurz, from the French novel Le Diable boiteux by Alain-René Lesage. It was forbidden after two acclaimed performances in Vienna due to "offensive remarks in the text", but later revived and probably revised as Der neue krumme Teufel ("The New Lame Devil", 1757 or 1758), Hob. 29/1b. The music is lost, though a libretto survives for each version.
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About the Composer
Joseph Haydn is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Joseph Haydn
- L'infedeltà delusa
- Il mondo della luna (1750)
- La canterina (1760)
- Le pescatrici (1770)
- L'incontro improvviso (1775)
- La vera costanza (1776)
- L'isola disabitata (1779)
- La fedeltà premiata (1781)