Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland"

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Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland" is a late-Romantic German-language stage work, first performed in 1903, known for its dramatic verismo style and powerful, folk-influenced score.

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instanceOf feature film
music drama
opera
basedOn Terra baixa
basedOnAuthor Àngel Guimerà
catalogueStatus one of Eugen d’Albert’s best-known operas
composer Eugen d’Albert
contains folk-like dance rhythms
large choral scenes
lyrical love duets
countryOfOrigin Germany
director Leni Riefenstahl
dramaticFocus realistic rural drama
firstPublisher Bote & Bock
genre late-Romantic opera
hasFilmAdaptation Tiefland
surface form: Tiefland (film)
historicalPeriod late Romantic era
influencedBy Italian verismo
language German
librettist Rudolf Lothar
notableAria “Gib mir Sonne”
notableCharacter Marta
Pedro
Sebastiano
notableRecording Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra recording
numberOfActs 2
orchestration romantic orchestra
originalTitle Tiefland
performanceTradition German opera repertoire
periodOfCompositionEnd 1903
periodOfCompositionStart 1900
premiereCity Prague
premiereDate 1903-11-15
premierePlace Neues Deutsches Theater, Prague
setting Pyrenees
rural Spain
structure through-composed
style folk-influenced
verismo
subject betrayal
love
redemption
social oppression
vocalForces mixed chorus
solo voices
workTitleInEnglish The Lowlands

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Tiefland basedOn Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland"