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Encyclopedia > Der Bettelstudent

The Beggar Student (Der Bettelstudent) is an operetta in three acts by Karl Millöcker to a German libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée, based on Les Noces de Fernande by Victorien Sardou and The Lady of Lyons by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It was first performed at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 1882. Operetta (literally, little opera) is a performance art-form similar to opera, though it generally deals with less serious topics. ... A libretto is the body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, oratorio, or musical. ... Victorien Sardou (September 5, 1831 - November 8, 1908) was a French dramatist. ... Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803 - January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. ... The Theater an der Wien is a historic theater in Vienna. ... View of Vienna This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...


Characters

  • Principal roles
  • Minor roloes
    • Enterich - baritone
    • Piffke - tenor
    • Puffke - tenor
    • Bronislava - soprano
    • Palmatica - mezzo-soprano
    • Onuphrie - bass
    • Eva - mezzo-soprano
    • Richthofen - tenor
    • Lieutenant Wangenheim - tenor
    • Lieutenant Scweinitz - bass
    • Captain Heinrici - bass
    • Bugomil - bass
  • Other
    • Prisoners and their wives, wedding guests - chorus

A basso (or bass) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as a countertenor). ... Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from the A below middle C to the C two octaves above middle C (i. ... This is an article on the voice type. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that...

Noted arias

  • "Ich hab' kein Geld" (Symon)

Plot Synopsis

Time: 1704.
Place: Kracow, Poland.


 
 

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