or The Elf‐King's OathOberon
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or The Elf‐King's OathOberon
Opera in 3 acts by Weber to Eng. lib. by J. R. Planché, after W. Sotheby's trans. (1798) of Wieland's poem Oberon (1780), which is based on the 13th‐cent. Fr. chanson de geste, Huon de Bordeaux. Comp. 1825–6. Prod. London, CG 1826, cond. Weber; Leipzig 1826; NY 1828. Other operas on subject by Kunzen (Holger Danske, 1789) and P. Wranitzky (Oberon, König der Elfen, 1789).
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