Doktor und Apotheker

Doktor und Apotheker (Doctor and Apothecary) is a German-language two-act singspiel by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, with a libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, based on the anonymous French comedy L'apothicaire de Murcie (The Apothecary of Murcie). It is considered the composer's masterpiece and premiered on 11 July 1786 at the k. u. k. National-Theater in Vienna

Plot[]

Act 1[]

Act 2[]

Cast[]

Stößel, an apothecary (bass)
Claudia, his wife (soprano)
Leonore, their daughter (soprano)
Rosalie, Stößel's niece (soprano)
Doctor Krautmann (bass)
Gotthold, his son (tenor)
Sturmwald, a captain invalided out of the army (tenor)
Sichel, surgeon (tenor)
Police Commissioner (bass)
Gallus, a patient's servant (tenor)
Marx, apprentice apothecary (non-speaking and non-singing role)

Music[]

Bibliography[]

Doktor und Apotheker, introduced and revised by [de], Verlag Philipp Reclam jun. Stuttgart, Universal-Bibliothek Nr. 4090 (1961)

External links[]

Doctor und Apotheker: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Libretto
http://www.oper-um-1800.uni-mainz.de/einzeldarstellung_werk.php?id_werke=1716
http://www.operone.de/opern/doktorundaop.html
Der Apotheker und Doktor : eine deutsche komische Opera im Clavier-Auszug. – Bonn : N. Simrock, (s. a.). Digitalisierte Ausgabe der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf

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