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Die Rheinnixen (Les fées du Rhin)

Classical

Alfred von Wolzogen•Charles Nuitter•Jacques Offenbach

Form

opera

Composed

1864

Premiere

Feb 4, 1864, Court Opera, Vienna

Ursprünglich französisch getextet, deutsch uraufgeführt. Das Elfenlied wurde 1881 als Barcarole in „Hoffmanns Erzählungen" wiederverwendet.

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Elfenlied

Classical

Alfred von Wolzogen

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Charles Nuitter

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Jacques Offenbach

German

Form

song (from an opera)

Composed

1864

Country/Region

Austria

The opera “Die Rheinnixen” was originally written in French but then premiered in Vienna with a German text; the performances were not particularly successful. The Elfenlied was used as the 'Barcarole' in Offenbach's opera “The Tales of Hoffmann” in 1881.

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