Die Freunde von Salamanka D. 326, is an 1815 Singspiel in two acts by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Johann Mayrhofer.Barbara M. Reul, Lorraine Byrne Bodley: The Unknown Schubert 2008, p. 93: "The following year, 1815, Schubert set his friend Mayrhofer's libretto — Die Freunde von Salamanka (D.326). This Singspiel contains a duet that is so absurd, but very funny, that it could only have been inspired by the popular theater."
The opera is set at the beginning of the 19th century in Salamanca, Spain. It consists of an overture and eighteen numbers, and is set for three sopranos, three tenors, six basses, mixed choir and orchestra: Act 1Overture
Act 2
Recordings Die Freunde von Salamanka, with fragments of Der Spiegelritter, featuring Edith Mathis, Thomas Moser, Hermann Prey, Simeon ten Holt and Theodor Guschlbauer; Deutsche Grammophon 2LP 1981IMZ Bulletin, p. 327, 1981 "Les Phonogrammes DGG La société Deutsche Grammophon vient de publier un double album avec Die Freunde von Salamanka, singspiel que Franz Schubert a écrit à l'âge de 18 ans, et avec des fragments des Spiegelritter, autre.""Schubert: Die Freunde von Salamanka, Der Spiegelritter / Prey, Mathis", Deutsche Grammophon, UPC 00028948655762 reissued without the Spiegelritter fragments on one CD by Brilliant Classics."Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Die Freunde von Salamanka", Brilliant Classics 93931, Records International
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