Königskinder
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'''''''' (German for King's Children or “Royal Children”) is a stage work by Engelbert Humperdinck that exists in two versions: as a melodrama and as an opera or more precisely a Märchenoper''. The libretto was written by Ernst Rosmer (pen name of Else Bernstein-Porges), adapted from her play of the same name.
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- Composer
- Engelbert Humperdinck
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- publication date
- 1850-00-00
- date of first performance
- 1897-01-23
- Commons category
- Königskinder (opera)
- location of first performance
- The Metropolitan Opera
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- opera
- title
- Königskinder
- language of work or name
- German
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- Act 1
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- Act 3
- Recordings
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'''''''' (German for King's Children or “Royal Children”) is a stage work by Engelbert Humperdinck that exists in two versions: as a melodrama and as an opera or more precisely a Märchenoper''. The libretto was written by Ernst Rosmer (pen name of Else Bernstein-Porges), adapted from her play of the same name.
In 1894, Heinrich Porges asked Humperdinck to write incidental music for his daughter Else's play. Humperdinck was interested in making the story into an opera but since Else Bernstein-Porges initially refused, he opted for the play to be staged as a melodrama – that is with spoken dialogue taking place along with an instrumental backdrop. (The work also included operatic arias and choruses, as well as unaccompanied dialogue.)
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