Abu Hassan

Abu Hassan
Singspiel by Carl Maria von Weber
Abu Hassan (Peter Schreier) and his creditors in a 1960 performance
LibrettistFranz Carl Hiemer
LanguageGerman
Based onStory from One Thousand and One Nights
Premiere
4 June 1811 (1811-06-04)

Abu Hassan (J. 106) is a comic opera in one act by Carl Maria von Weber to a German libretto by Franz Carl Hiemer [de], based on a story in One Thousand and One Nights. It was composed between 11 August 1810 and 12 January 1811 and has set numbers with recitative and spoken dialogue. The work is a Singspiel in the then popular Turkish style.