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to a German libretto by

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(1768 – 1822). The libretto was based on

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and

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's text for ''Annette et Lubin'', a ''

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'' with music by Adolphe Benoît Blaise, which was in turn based on

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's morality tale of the same name. In Marmontel's story two orphaned cousins, Annette and Lubin, are raised together and later fall in love. When Annette becomes pregnant, the village priest and the magistrate forbid them to marry on the grounds of incest, but the local lord eventually persuades the Pope to allow the marriage. ''Peter und Ännchen'' premiered on 29 September 1809 in the theatre of the

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near Stuttgart. The opera was popular in Germany in its day and a version of the score for voice and piano was published by

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. It was also performed in Paris in 1810 as ''Pierre et Annette''. Franz Carl Hiemer had written the libretto for Abeille's first opera, ''

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'' (1800) as well as the libretti for

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's operas ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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'' (December 26, 1810)
"Recension: ''Peter und Ännchen''"
No. 65, p. 1050 * Grove, George ed. (1900). "Abeille, Joh. Chr. Ludwig", ''Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', Vol. 1, p. 4. MacMillan & Co. Ltd. * Hardin, Richard F. (2000)
''Love in a Green Shade: Idyllic Romances Ancient to Modern''
University of Nebraska Press, p. 75. * Iacuzzi, Alfred (1978). ''The European Vogue of Favart: The Diffusion of the Opéra-comique''. AMS Press, p. 363. {{DEFAULTSORT:Peter und Annchen Operas German-language operas 1809 operas Singspiele