''Tailor Wibbel'' (German:''Schneider Wibbel'') a 1938

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by the German composer

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. It is based on the 1913 comedy play '' Wibbel the Tailor'' by

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. Müller-Schlösser wrote the opera's

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.London p.175 It premiered at the

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on 12 May 1938.

Synopsis

During the French occupation of

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in 1813, during the

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, a local

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becomes a thorn in their side.

References

Bibliography

* Cooke, Mervyn. '' The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera''. Cambridge University Press, 2005. * London, John. ''Theatre Under the Nazis''. Manchester University Press, 2000. Operas 1938 operas Operas by Mark Lothar German-language operas Operas set in Germany {{German-opera-stub