Tailor Wibbel
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Tailor Wibbel (German:Schneider Wibbel) a 1938 opera by the German composer Mark Lothar. It is based on the 1913 comedy play Wibbel the Tailor by Hans Müller-Schlösser. Müller-Schlösser wrote the opera's libretto.London p.175 It premiered at the Berlin State Opera on 12 May 1938.
Synopsis
During the French occupation of Düsseldorf in 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars, a local tailor becomes a thorn in their side.
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Bibliography
- Cooke, Mervyn. The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- London, John. Theatre Under the Nazis. Manchester University Press, 2000.
Category:Operas by Mark Lothar
Category:German-language operas
Category:Operas set in Germany
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