Franz Peter Schubert
Born: Himmelpfortgrund (then a suburb, now a district of Vienna), 31 Jan. 1797
Died: Vienna, 19 Nov. 1828
Operas
The dates and locations are those of the premieres; when there was a
substantial delay between composition and performance, the estimated
year of completion or last composition is also given. Listed in order
of Deutsch catalog numbers.
- Der Spiegelritter, D 11 & 966 (1813; 11.12.1946 Radio
Beromünster broadcast). Singspiel in 3 acts,
August von Kotzebue.
[fragment: overture and part of Act 1]
- Des Teufels Lustschloss, D 84 (1814; NP*).
Opera in 3 acts, August von Kotzebue.
[part of act 3 lost]
- Des Teufels Lustschloss, D 84 [rev] (1814; 1946 Radio
Beromünster broadcast; 7.1978, Potsdam). Opera in 3 acts,
August von Kotzebue. [act 2 lost]
- Adrast, D 137 (1819; 1946, Radio Beromünster broadcast). Opera in 2 or 3 acts, Johann Mayrhofer.
[fragment]
- Der vierjährige Posten, D 190 (1815; 23.9.1896, Dresden).
Singspiel in 1 act, Theodor Körner.
- Fernando, D 220 (1815; 13.4.1907, Vienna, concert; 18.8.1918,
Magdeburg).
Singspiel in 1 act, Albert Stadler.
- Claudine von Villa Bella, D 239 (1815; 26.4.1913, Vienna, Act 1).
Singspiel in 3 acts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
[music of last 2 acts lost]
- Die Freunde von Salamanka, D 326 (1815; 6.5.1928, Halle).
Singspiel in 2 acts, Johann Mayrhofer.
[spoken dialogue lost]
- Die Bürgschaft, D 435 (1816; 7.3.1908, Vienna, concert).
Opera in 3 acts, librettist unknown.
[Act 3 unfinished; libretto lost]
- Die Zauberharfe, D 644 (19.8.1820, Theater an der Wien, Vienna). Melodrama in 3 acts, Georg Ernst von Hoffmann.
- Die Zwillingsbrüder, D 647 (14.6.1820, Kürnertortheater,
Vienna). Singspiel in 1 act, Georg Ernst von Hoffmann.
- Sacontala, D 701 (1821; 12.6.1971, Vienna, concert).
Opera in 3 acts, Johann Philipp Neumann.
[sketches for Act 1 and part of Act 2]
- Das Zauberglöckchen, D 723 (20.6.1821, Kärntnertortheater, Vienna).
Version of Hérold's opéra comique La clochette.
[Schubert composed a duet and aria for this version]
- Alfonso und Estrella, D 732 (1822; 24.6.1854, Weimar).
Opera in 3 acts, Franz von Schober.
- Die Verschworenen, oder Der häusliche Krieg, D 787
(1823; 1.3.1861, Vienna). Singspiel in 1 act, Ignaz Franz Castelli.
[part of overture lost]
- Rüdiger?, D 791 (1823; 5.1.1868, Vienna, concert, introduction
only, as Rüdigers Heimkehr). Ignaz von Mosel?.
[sketches for 2 numbers of an unknown opera]
- Fierrabras, D 796; (1823; 9.2.1897, Karlsruhe). Opera in 3
acts, Josef Kupelwieser.
- Der Graf von Gleichen, D 918 (1827; 15.12.1865, Vienna, concert,
arrangements of 3 numbers). Opera in 2 acts, Eduard von Bauernfeld.
[sketches]
- Der (Die) Minnesänger, D 981 (1816?). librettist unknown.
[lost fragment]
- Sophie?, D 982 (1821?). librettist unknown.
[sketches for 3 numbers of an unknown opera]
Incidental Music and Other Dramatic Works
- Lazarus, oder Die Feier der Auferstehung, D 689
(1820; 4.1830, Church of St. Anna, Vienna). Religious drama in 3 acts, August Hermann Niemeyer.
[Acts 1 & 2 only; part of Act 2 lost]
- Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D 797
(20.12.1823, Theater an der Wien, Vienna). Incidental music to the
play in 4 acts, Helmine von Chézy.
References:
- McKay, Elizabeth Norman: Franz Schubert's Music for the Theatre
Hans Schneider, Tutzing, 1991.
Monday, 08-Dec-2003 21:45:17 PST