Tailor Wibbel

Tailor Wibbel (German:Schneider Wibbel) a 1938 opera by the German composer Mark Lothar. It is based on the 1913 comedy play Wibbel the Tailor by Hans Müller-Schlösser. Müller-Schlösser wrote the opera's libretto.[1] It premiered at the Berlin State Opera on 12 May 1938.

Synopsis

During the French occupation of Düsseldorf in 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars, a local tailor becomes a thorn in their side.

gollark: ... no you don't?
gollark: If you want to actually have a cool, novel, original idea, it probably needs to be in some area you specialize in and not just some random idea from soneone else.
gollark: I don't think that's how it works.
gollark: There's lots of... selection bias?
gollark: If you compare yourself to ridiculous extreme outliers, then you will probably feel bad constantly.

References
  1. London p.175

Bibliography
  • Cooke, Mervyn. The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • London, John. Theatre Under the Nazis. Manchester University Press, 2000.
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