Die Hochzeit des Camacho

Die Hochzeit des Camacho
Singspiel by Felix Mendelssohn
The composer, who wrote the piece for a family performance around 1824, in 1821
TranslationCamacho's Wedding
LibrettistFriedrich Voigts [de]?
LanguageGerman
Based onepisode in Don Quixote by Cervantes
Premiere
29 April 1827 (1827-04-29)

Die Hochzeit des Camacho (Camacho's Wedding) is a Singspiel in two acts by Felix Mendelssohn, to a libretto probably written largely by Friedrich Voigts [de], based on an episode in Don Quixote by Cervantes. The opera is listed as Mendelssohn's op. 10. It was written between 1824 and 1825, and first performed publicly at the Berlin Schauspielhaus on 29 April 1827.