| Der Vampyr | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Heinrich Marschner | |
 Poster from 1828 | |
| Translation | The Vampire |
| Librettist | Wilhelm August Wohlbrück |
| Language | German |
| Based on | Heinrich Ludwig Ritter's Der Vampir oder die Totenbraut |
| Premiere | 29 March 1828 |
Der Vampyr (The Vampire) is a Romantic opera in two acts by Heinrich Marschner. The German libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück (Marschner's brother-in-law) is based on the play Der Vampir oder die Totenbraut (1821) by Heinrich Ludwig Ritter, which itself was based on the short story The Vampyre (1819) by John Polidori. The first performance took place on 29 March 1828 in Leipzig, where it was a hit.[1]
The opera is still occasionally performed, and, in 1992, an updated adaptation, entitled The Vampyr: A Soap Opera, with new lyrics by Charles Hart, starring Omar Ebrahim and produced by Janet Street-Porter, was serialised on BBC television.
In June 2014, OperaHub in Boston premiered a new English-language adaptation of Der Vampyr by John J King that spoofs more modern vampire stories such as Twilight, Dracula, the Vampire Chronicles, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[2][3]
- ^ Loomis, George, "Another kind of vampire romance", New York Times (November 18, 2008)
- ^ "Wonderfully modern 'Der Vampyr' - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "OperaHub : Der Vampyr". Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2014-06-23.