Die Schweizer-Familie (Opera)

Variants: Schweitzerfamilien (Danish) and La Famille Suisse (French original title)

AdaptationVerseLyrical operaGerman
Published in: Austria
Place represented: Germany
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Contributors

PersonFunctions
Ignaz Franz Castelli
PlaywrightAdaptation
Joseph Weigl
Composer
Claude Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just
Playwrightoriginal contributor

Links

LinkTypeNotes
Full text (German)Text

Important years

Original publicationDanish publication
1809 CE1814 CE

Acts / scenes

Acts
3

Characters

Character NameGenderTypeDescription
Graf WallsteinMalenobility/aristocracy, Landowner, protagonist
DurmannMaleSteward, Cousin
Richard BollMalefarmer, peasant, Husband, father
GertrudeFemalewife, mother
EmelineFemaledaughter
Wilhelm FriburgMaleShepherd/Sheperdess
Paul (Schweizer)MaleCousin
Der Richter des DorfesMalebailiff
JägerMalehunter
Domestiquen des GrafenMaleextras, servant
Landleute [male]Maleextras, peasant
Landleute [female]Femaleextras, peasant

Notes

Adaptation of Claude Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just's “La famille suisse“.

Productions of this work

Die Schweizer-Familie by The Royal Danish Theatre (1814 AD)

Links

LinkTypeNotes
Regijournal

Performances

DatePlace
1814-09-23 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv
1814-09-29 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv

Works

Title
Die Schweizer-Familie

Organisations

Organisation nameAliasesVIAFISNINotes
The Royal Danish Theatre

Contributors

PersonFunctions
H. H. Schønberg
Translator

Die Schweizer-Familie by The Royal Danish Theatre (1827 AD)

Links

LinkTypeNotes
Regijournal

Performances

DatePlace
1827-01-13 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv
1827-01-18 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv

Works

Title
Die Schweizer-Familie

Organisations

Organisation nameAliasesVIAFISNINotes
The Royal Danish Theatre

Notes

performed in German.