Vampyr, Der

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Vampyr, Der (The Vampire). Opera in 2 acts by Marschner to lib. by W. A. Wohlbrück after H. L. Ritter's play based on story The Vampyre (1819) by Byron's doctor J. W. Polidori, who worked on sketches abandoned by Byron. Comp. 1827–8. Prod. Leipzig 1828, London 1829. Usually perf. in edn. by Pfitzner, 1925.

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