Der krumme Teufel
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Der krumme Teufel (The Lame Devil[1][2][3] or "The Limping Devil",[4] 1751 or 1752), Hob. 29/1a, was Joseph Haydn's first opera. This German-language comic opera in the genre of Singspiel was commissioned by its librettist, leading comic actor Joseph Felix von Kurz [de], from the French novel Le Diable boiteux by Alain-René Lesage. It was forbidden after two acclaimed performances in Vienna due to "offensive remarks in the text",[5] but later revived and probably revised as Der neue krumme Teufel ("The New Lame Devil",[6] 1757 or 1758), Hob. 29/1b. The music is lost, though a libretto survives for each version.
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Der krumme Teufel | |
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Singspiel by Joseph Haydn | |
Translation | The Lame Devil |
Librettist | Joseph Felix von Kurz [de] |
Language | German |
Based on | Le Diable boiteux by Alain-René Lesage |
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