Der Templer und die Jüdin

• Composer: Heinrich Marschner
• Librettist: Wilhelm August Wohlbrück
• Source: Ivanhoe, novel by Sir Walter Scott
• First performance: Leipzig, 22 XII 1829
• Synopsis
• Libretto
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Dramatis Personæ

Cedric von Rotherwood, Saxon knight (bass)

Wilfred von Ivanhoe, his banished son (tenor)

Rowena von Hargottstandstede, his ward (sopran)

Lucas de Beaumanoir, Grandmaster of the Knights Templar (bass)

Brian de Bois Guilbert, Templar (baritone)

Maurice de Bracy (tenor)

Der Schwarze Ritter [the Black Knight] (bass)

Oswald, Cedric's squire (tenor)

Wamba, jester in Cedric's service (tenor)

Lokslei, captain of the Yeomen (baritone)

Brüder Tuck [Friar Tuck], the hermit of Copmanhurst (bass)

Rebecca, Isaac's daughter, the Jewess (soprano)

Albert Malvoisin, Preceptor of the establishment of Tempelstowe (speaking role)

Robert, squire of Bois Guilbert (speaking role)

Isaac von York, a Jew (speaking role)

Herdibert (speaking role)

Elgitha (speaking role)

Philip (speaking role)

Conrad (speaking role)

Walter (speaking role)

Willibard (speaking role)

Cedrics Ritter - Herolde und Vasallen - Königliche Herolde und Krieger - Diener - Knappen - Templer - Normannische und sächsische Krieger - Yeomen - Guilberts Saracenen
[Cedric's knights - heralds and vassals - royal heralds and soldiers - servants - squires - Templars - Norman and Saxon warriors - yeomen - Guilbert's Saracens]

Chor der Sachsen - Chor der Normannen - Chor der Templer - Chor der Ritter und des Volks
[chorus of Saxons - chorus of Normans - chorus of Templars - chorus of knights and people]

Setting: Yorkshire, England. 1194.