Der Corregidor is a comic opera composed by Hugo Wolf in 1895 (revised in 1897). The libretto was written by Rosa Mayreder based on the Pedro Antonio de Alarcón novel The Three-Cornered Hat. The work was premiered in Mannheim on June 7, 1896. The opera is seldom performed today.
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The action of the opera occurs in and around an unnamed village in Andalusia. Some older versions of the story (which is found in se...
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Der Corregidor is a comic opera composed by Hugo Wolf in 1895 (revised in 1897). The libretto was written by Rosa Mayreder based on the Pedro Antonio de Alarcón novel The Three-Cornered Hat. The work was premiered in Mannheim on June 7, 1896. The opera is seldom performed today.
Primary characters:
Minor characters:
The action of the opera occurs in and around an unnamed village in Andalusia. Some older versions of the story (which is found in several sources dating back as far as the Fifteenth century) mention the town of Jerez de la Frontera.
Scene 1: Tio Lukas is picking grapes and preparing his millyard for the arrival of an unnamed Bishop and conversing with a neighbor. The neighbor taunts Lukas, saying that the only reason people show him any favor is because he has such a pretty wife. Lukas shrugs off the comment. The neighbor leaves, and Lukas climbs up into an arbor to continue his preparations.
Scene 2: Frasquita enters the yard and sets the table while singing to herself....
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