Die Brautwahl

Die Brautwahl
Opera by Ferruccio Busoni
The composer in 1906
LibrettistFerruccio Busoni
LanguageGerman
Based onShort story by E. T. A. Hoffmann
Premiere
12 April 1912 (1912-04-12)

Die Brautwahl (The Bridal Choice) is a "comic-fantastic" opera in three acts and an epilogue by Ferruccio Busoni. The German libretto, by Busoni himself, is based on a short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Busoni began work on this, his first completed opera, in 1905.

Die Brautwahl was first performed at the Stadttheater Hamburg on 12 April 1912. It was not a success with audiences but its failure did not discourage the composer's ambition to write for the operatic stage.