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Adolphe Adam operas
• Le chalet (1834)
• Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836)
• Le toréador (1849)
• La poupée de Nuremberg (1852)
• Si j'étais roi (1852)

“La poupée de Nuremberg” by Adolphe Adam

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The Nuremberg Doll

Premiere / date of written: 21 February 1852

It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on 21 February 1852. Berlioz described it as "a whole emporium of waltzes, galops, pop-pourris... worthy of the Nuremburg fair." It was performed nearly one hundred times at the Théâtre Lyrique over the following 18 years.

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  • The Magic Flute (1791) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Both use fantasy and impossible things as part of the comedy. The Magic Flute builds a much larger fairy-tale world around them.
  • Die Feen (1834) — Richard Wagner Both leave ordinary reality for a world where magic or the fantastic is simply accepted. Die Feen treats that world seriously; Adam uses it for comedy.

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  • Le chalet (1834) — Adolphe Adam Le chalet is another compact Adam work, but without the fantasy. Both show how effectively he could handle a small comic opera.
  • Le toréador (1849) — Adolphe Adam Le toréador offers another short Adam comedy, replacing the mechanical doll and fantasy with jealousy and romantic intrigue.
  • Si j'étais roi (1852) — Adolphe Adam Si j'étais roi is a larger Adam work, but it has the same taste for an improbable situation that lets ordinary life briefly turn into fantasy.

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Genre: Opéra comique
Style / Movement: Early Romantic
Structure: Full-length Number opera
Discovery: Deep cut
Place: Germany

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