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Die Schweizer Familie (The Swiss Family) is an opera by the Austrian composer Joseph Weigl. It takes the form of a Singspiel in three acts. The libretto, by Ignaz Franz Castelli, is based on the vaudeville Pauvre Jacques (1807) by Charles-Augustin de Basson-Pierre und René André Polydore Chazet. The opera was first performed at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna on 14 March 1809 and was a great success in German-speaking countries in the early 19th century.
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Roles
Cast Voice type Premiere cast Vienna 1809 Cast Vienna 2004 / CD 2006 Gertrude Boll soprano Marianna Marconi Olivia Vermeulen Richard Boll bass Carl Weinmüller Stephan Bootz Emmeline soprano Pauline Anna Milder-Hauptmann Marília Vargas Jacob Friburg tenor Johann Michael Vogl Roman Payer The count bass Ignaz Saal Tobias Müller-Kopp Paul tenor Joseph Caché Robert Maszl Durmann tenor Friedrich Demmer Petri Mikaei Pöyhönen Synopsis
The Bolls, the Swiss family of the title, have been banished to an unspecified region in the Alps. Their daughter, Emmeline, pines away for love of Jakob, to whom she is secretly engaged. The local count, whose life was saved by Richard Boll, also shows concern for Emmeline's sufferings and with his help Emmeline and Jakob are reunited.
Recording
- Die Schweizer Familie Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra Dreieck, conducted by Uri Rom (Guild, 2006)
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Categories:- Operas by Joseph Weigl
- 1809 operas
- Singspiele
- German-language operas
- Operas
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