Der Tyroler Wastl (Sebastian from Tyrol) is a German-language comic opera in three acts with a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder and music by Jakob Haibel, who later married Sophie Weber, the sister of Mozart‘s wife, Constance. Alternative titles are Der Tyroler Wastel,[1] Der Tiroler Wastel,[2] Tiroler Wastel,[3] Die Tiroler in Wien.[4]
History
The opera may be based on the comedy Tiroler Wastl im Jahre 1848.[5]
A performance takes about 73 minutes just for the music without spoken text passages. The world premiere was on 14 May 1796 in the Theater auf der Wieden. The work was also performed in a number of theatres in the German-speaking world, a sensational 130 times by 1856, making it Schikaneder’s second most successful opera after The Magic Flute.[6] The opera has apparently not been verifiably performed anywhere since then.
There is an audio recording of Sarah Traubel’s aria no. 18 “Alles will ich brechen, beugen” (I wish to break and bend everything).[7]
