It tells of a mysterious girl born in a palace of crystal on the bed of the ocean, who is raised by a fisherman and his wife in place of their own daughter, who had been lost as a baby.
This opera was an enormous success when it premered in Berlin in 1816, but was performed only fourteen times before the theater in which it was staged was destroyed by fire. It tells of a mysterious girl born in a palace of crystal on the bed of the ocean, who is raised by a fisherman and his wife in place of their own daughter, who had been lost as a baby. After marrying the handsome knight Uldibrand, Bertolda captivates Uldibrand's heart. Before Bertolda can marry Uldibrand, he has a change of heart and goes to embrace the heroine, but when he touches her, he turns into ice and dies, after which his grave is fed forever by the heroine's tears. FTP, name this opera, the masterpiece of E.T.A. Hoffmann.
This opera was an enormous success when it premered in Berlin in 1816, but was performed only fourteen times before the theater in which it was staged was destroyed by fire.
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