Melodramma in four parts
Libretto
Andrea Maffei after the drama "Die Räuber" by Friedrich Schiller
Premiere
22 July 1847, London (Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket)
Cast
MASSIMILIANO, COUNT MOOR (bass)
CARLO (tenor)
FRANCESCO (baritone)
AMALIA (soprano)
CHORUS
erring youths (later brigands)women, children, servants
Place
In Bohemia, Saxon and Franken
Time
Beginning of the 18th century