Der Wildschütz
Music by Albert Lortzing · premiered 1842 · at Leipzig Opera House
Der Wildschütz oder Die Stimme der Natur (The Poacher, or The Voice of Nature) is a German Komische Oper, or comic opera, in three acts by Albert Lortzing from a libretto by the composer adapted from the comedy Der Rehbock, oder Die schuldlosen Schuldbewussten by August von Kotzebue. It had its premiere at the Stadttheater in Leipzig on 31 December 1842.
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About the Composer
Gustav Albert Lortzing (23 October 1801 – 21 January 1851) was a German composer, librettist, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German Spieloper, a form similar to the French opéra comique, which grew out of the Singspiel.
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Other Operas by Albert Lortzing
- Ali Pascha von Janina (1820)
- Der Waffenschmied (1846)
- Die Opernprobe (1851)