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Oberon (Seyler)
''Oberon, or The Elf King'' ((ドイツ語:Oberon oder König der Elfen)), or simply ''Oberon'', originally known as ''Huon and Amanda'' ((ドイツ語:Hüon und Amande)), is a romantic Singspiel in five acts by Friederike Sophie Seyler, based on the poem ''Oberon'' by Christoph Martin Wieland, which itself was based on the epic romance ''Huon of Bordeaux'', a French medieval tale. It has been named for two of its central characters, the knight Huon and the fairy king Oberon, respectively.
The opera was published in "Flensburg, Schleswig and Leipzig" in 1789, the year Seyler died. Seyler was married to the prominent theatre director Abel Seyler, the founder of the Seyler Theatre Company and a noted promoter of both German opera and William Shakespeare. The opera was dedicated to their common long-time friend and collaborator, the actor Friedrich Ludwig Schröder. Seyler's opera and a plagiarized version by Karl Ludwig Giesecke both enjoyed popularity from the late 18th century. The opera was also an important influence on the libretto of ''The Magic Flute''.
==The Giesecke version and its influence on ''The Magic Flute''==
Seyler's libretto formed the basis of Karl Ludwig Giesecke's libretto for the opera ''Oberon'', written for Emanuel Schikaneder's troupe and set to music by Paul Wranitzky. As Giesecke did not credit her, he later came under much criticism for plagiarism, although it soon became evident that his work was based on Seyler's libretto. The opera ''The Magic Flute'', with a libretto by Schikaneder, was to a significant degree based on Giesecke's version of ''Oberon'' and thus ultimately on Seyler.〔David J. Buch, ''Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests: The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater'', University of Chicago Press, 2008〕
According to Peter Branscombe, "it has long been recognized that Giesecke, the named author of Wranitzky's libretto, deserves little credit for what is largely a plagiarism," concluding that "Giesecke's "''Oberon, König der Elfen'' is hardly more than a mild revision of Seyler's book." After the theatrical success of Giesecke's plagiarized version (and also after Seyler's death), Seyler's original was renamed ''Oberon'' and performed under this title.〔Peter Branscombe, ''W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte'', Cambridge University Press, 1991, p. 28〕 Giesecke's version of Seyler's ''Oberon'' was the first opera performed by Schikaneder's troupe at their new theater, and established a tradition within the company of fairy tale operas that was to culminate in ''The Magic Flute'' two years later.
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