Der Vogelhändler
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Der Vogelhändler (The Bird Seller) is an operetta in three acts by Carl Zeller with a libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held based on Varin and Biéville's Ce que deviennent les roses. It was first performed on 10 January 1891 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna with the celebrated Viennese actor and singer, Alexander Girardi, in the title role.
Der Vogelhändler is a bucolic comedy, set in the 18th-century Rhineland, featuring two lovers, Adam, the bird seller and Christel, the village postmistress. A tuneful operetta, Adam's Act 2 aria Wie mein Ahnl zwanzig Jahr was popularized by the recording by the soprano Elisabeth Schumann.
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