| Der Trompeter von Säckingen | |
| Composer: | Viktor Nessler |
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| Translated Name: | The Trumpeter of Säckingen |
| Language: | German |
| Based On: | Trompeter von Säkkingen by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel |
| Premiere Location: | Carola Stadttheater in Leipzig |
Der Trompeter von Säckingen (The Trumpeter of Säckingen) is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Viktor Nessler. The German libretto was by, based on the epic poem, Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, by Joseph Victor von Scheffel.
Arthur Nikisch, to whom Nessler dedicated the opera,[1] conducted the first performance at the (or Stadttheater) in Leipzig on 4 May 1884. It was Nessler's greatest success, albeit in part because of the popularity of von Scheffel's poem. It was subsequently given at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on 23 November 1887, and at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London on 8 July 1892 by the Hamburg Stadttheater, conducted by Leo Feld.
| Werner Kirchhofer, law student, later a trumpeter | baritone | Otto Schelper |
| Konradin, a trumpeter | bass | Karl Grengg |
| Baron von Schönau | bass | Karl Grengg |
| Maria, daughter of the Baron | soprano | Margarethe Jahns |
| Count von Wildenstein | bass | Karl Grengg |
| Countess Wildenstein, Maria's aunt, former wife of the Count | contralto | |
| Damian, son of the Count by a subsequent wife | tenor | George Marion |
| The majordomo | baritone | |
| The rector | bass | Karl Grengg |
Setting: 17th-century Heidelberg and Säkkingen, after the Thirty Years' War. The trumpeter Werner loves Maria, the daughter of the Baron, but her father and mother want her to marry the cowardly Damian. Werner proves himself a hero and is opportunely discovered to be of noble birth, so all ends happily.