Die beiden Neffen (The Two Nephews), also known as Der Onkel aus Boston (The Uncle from Boston), is a three act Singspiel by Felix Mendelssohn to a libretto by Johann Ludwig Casper.
Die beiden Neffen was written by between May 1822 and 1823, during which time Mendelssohn celebrated his fourteenth birthday. The libretto was by Casper who had provided books for his three previous Singspiels, Die Soldatenliebschaft (Soldier's Love) (1820), Die beide...
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Die beiden Neffen (The Two Nephews), also known as Der Onkel aus Boston (The Uncle from Boston), is a three act Singspiel by Felix Mendelssohn to a libretto by Johann Ludwig Casper.
Die beiden Neffen was written by between May 1822 and 1823, during which time Mendelssohn celebrated his fourteenth birthday. The libretto was by Casper who had provided books for his three previous Singspiels, Die Soldatenliebschaft (Soldier's Love) (1820), Die beiden Pädagogen (The Two Teachers) (1821) and Die wandernden Komödianten (The Roving Actors) (1822). Die beide Neffen was the last of their collaborations. These pieces were designed for performance within the family circle at the musical gatherings regularly organised by Felix's father Abraham Mendelssohn. Die beiden Neffen was performed in the garden house of the Mendelssohn family on or around Felix's 15th birthday (3 February, 1824). Like Mendelssohn's other juvenile operas, the work shows the influence of Mozart and Carl Maria von Weber, but...
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