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Der Bettelstudent (The Beggar Student) is an operetta in three acts by Karl Millöcker to a German libretto by Friedrich Zell (pseudonym of Camillo Walzel) and Richard Genée, based on Les Noces de Fernande by Victorien Sardou and The Lady of Lyons by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It was first performed at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, on December 6, 1882.
[edit] Characters
- Principal roles
- Ollendorf, Colonel, Commander of Krakow - bass
- Symon Rymanowicz (sometimes named as S. Symonovicz), student - tenor
- Jan Janicki, student - tenor
- Laura, Palmatica's daughter - soprano
- Minor roles
- Enterich, jailer - baritone
- Piffke, warden - tenor
- Puffke, warden - tenor
- Bronislava, Palmatica's daughter - soprano
- Palmatica, Countess Nowalska - mezzo-soprano
- Onuphrie, Palmatica's servant - bass
- Eva, spouse of Bogumil - mezzo-soprano
- Richthofen - tenor
- Major von Wangenheim - tenor
- Lieutenant von Schweinitz - bass
- Captain Henrici - bass
- Count Bogumil Malachowski (sometimes named as Felinski), Palmatica's cousin - bass
- Other
- Prisoners and their wives, wedding guests - chorus
[edit] Noted arias
- Ach ich hab' sie ja nur auf die Schulter geküßt (Ollendorf)
- Ich knüpfte manche zarte Bande (Symon)
- Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (Symon)
[edit] Plot synopsis
- Time: 1704.
- Place: Kraków, Poland, during the reign of August the Strong, King of Poland, Elector of Saxony
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