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Drot og marsk

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First performance
  
25 September 1878

Librettist
  
Christian Richardt

Composer
  
Peter Arnold Heise

Language
  
Danish

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Similar
  
Antikrist, Maskarade, Saul og David, The Ostrobothnians, Peter Grimes

Drot og marsk (King and Marshal) is an opera by the Danish composer Peter Heise. The libretto, by Christian Richardt, is based on Carsten Hauch's play Marsk Stig (1850). The opera was first performed at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, on 25 September 1878.

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Synopsis

The opera is based on the true story of the murder of the Danish king Eric Glipping in 1286. The king is an inveterate womaniser and when he seduces Ingeborg, the wife of Marshal Stig, the marshal organises a conspiracy to kill him. Stig is banished and Ingeborg commits suicide.

Recordings

  • Drot og marsk, Poul Elming, Bent Norup, Eva Johansson, Aage Haugland, Danish National Radio Choir and Royal Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Schønwaldt (Chandos)

    • References

    Drot og marsk Wikipedia
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