Der Vampyr (The Vampire) is an opera (designated as a Romantische Oper) in three acts by Peter Josef von Lindpaintner. The German libretto by Cäsar Max Hegel was based on a work by Heinrich Ludwig Ritter, based in turn on a French melodrama by Charles Nodier, Pierre Carmouche and Achille de Jouffroy, ultimately traceable to the short story "The Vampyre" (1819) by John William Polidori, although Lindpaintner's libretto credits, erroneously, Lord Byron.
Other early 19th-century operas on the same theme were Silvestro de Palma's I vampiri (1812), Martin-Joseph Mengal's Le vampire (1826), and Heinrich Marschner's Der Vampyr of the same year as Lindpaintner's opera (1828).
Performance history
The first performance took place at the Hoftheater [de] in Stuttgart on 21 September 1828. It proved the most successful of the composer's operas.
Lindpaintner made a revised version of the opera in 1850, when he put recitatives in the place of the original spoken dialogue.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 21 September 1828 Conductor: Peter Josef von Lindpaintner |
|---|---|---|
| Ignerand, Count Port d'Amour | bass | Christian Wilhelm Häser |
| Isolde, Ignerand's daughter | soprano | Caterina Canzi |
| Hypolit, Count Damartin, Isolde's bridegroom | tenor | August Carl Hambuch |
| Count Aubri, the vampire | bass | Gustav Petzold |
| Balbine, Isolde's maid | mezzo-soprano | |
| Etienne, gardener to Port d'Amour | bass | |
| Morton | bass | |
| Lorette, Morton's daughter | soprano | |
| Lavigne, her bridegroom | tenor |
Synopsis
The scene of the action is in the south of France (not Scotland), though in general it follows the same story as Marschner's Der Vampyr.
References
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Der Vampyr, 21 September 1828". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
Further reading
- Brown, Clive (1992), 'Vampyr, Der' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
External links
Media related to Der Vampyr (Lindpaintner) at Wikimedia Commons- Der Vampyr (Lindpaintner): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Libretto, Wikimedia Commons
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