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Music: Giuseppe Verdi. Lyrics: Salvatore Cammarano after Schillers play Kabale und Liebe.
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First performance: Teatro San Carlo in Neapel at the eight of December 1849.
| Role | Voicetype |
|---|---|
| Count Walter | bass |
| Rodolfo, his son | tenor |
| Federica, duchess of Ostheim,Walters niece | alto |
| Wurm, the counts secretary | bass |
| Miller, an retired soldier | baritone |
| Luisa, his daughter | soprano |
| Laura, a peasants wife | mezzosoprano |
| A farmer | tenor |
| Federicas hovdamer, pager, tjänstefolk, livvakter byfolk | kör |
Time and place: Tirol, 1700-talets färra hälft
The action takes place in the Tyrol, during the first half of the eighteenth century. Luisa, the daughter of the ageing soldier Miller, is in love with Rodolfo, whom they know only as the peasant Carlo. Miller has a premonition that their relationship is doomed, and his fears are confirmed when Wurm (who also loves Luisa) informs him that Carlo is Rodolfo - the son of his employeer Count Walter. The duchess Federica, Count Walter´s niece, arrives at the castle. She was once in love with Rodolfo, and now that her husband has died she has been invited by Count Walter as a suitor for his son. Wurm tells the count that his son loves Luisa Miller; this elicits a furious response from the count, who wows to bring their relationship to an end. Rodolfo tells Federica that he is in love with with Luisa, and then reveals his true identity to Luisa and her father. Unable to dissuade his son, the count imprisons the Millers, thus provoking Rodolfo into threathening to reveal how his father obtained his title by killing his predecessor. Luisa and her father is then released.
Luisa is desperate to save her father, and so writes a letter falsely claiming that her pursuit of Rodolfo was motivated solely by his rank and estates. She also convinces Federica that she is no treat to her union with Rodolfo. When the count and Wurm show Rodolfo Luisa´s letter, he agrees to marry Federica.
Luisa has decided to take her own life, but is talked out of it bu her father. Rodolfo enters moments before his wedding and asks Luisa if she wrote the letter. When she confirms it, Rodolfo drinks some poisoned water and gives some to Luisa before telling her that they are both dying. Luisa then confesses her love for Rodolfo, who manages to kill Wurm before falling dead himself.
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