Galanty, an old Savoyard, arrives at the Court with his family and his troupe. They join Arlequin, Polichinelle, Zerbinette and Marinette in singing the praises of the Court, and they show the content of their curiosités.

Curiosité

Not specified

Philidor l'Aîné (André Philidor)

France

Marly-le-Roi

Printed summary

Savoie

Royal Court

Love

Laudatory

Mascarade des Savoyards, set to music by Mr Philidor senior and performed for the King at Marly, 1700.

French

Zerbinette

Arlecchino

Marinette

Polichinelle

Savoyard

Puppet theatre within the theatre

Mascarade des Savoyards

The Savoyards' Mascarade

Kasperl leaves his wife Grete and resigns from his job at Stoffelbauer’s farm to explore the world. On the road, he meets the genius of the mountains, Cuivre Curpus. The latter is dressed as an old man and Kasperl gives him three of his copper coins. Cuprus thanks him and gifts him a magic violin in turn. Kasperl uses it to make the Jew Mauschl dance until he faints, after discovering that he was embezzling money. Two robbers – Fangauf and Schnapper – take advantage of the opportunity to steal Mauschl’s purse. Kasperl is then introduced to Duke Richard’s court as the violinist Spagatini, and he seduces the Duke’s daughter, Princess Amalie, as well as her lady-in-waiting. One day he is caught serenading them by night, but he makes the guards, the whole court, the princess and the lady-in-waiting dance. However, he is brought to justice and accused by Mauschl of having stolen the purse. As a result, he is sentenced to death. At the gallows, he asks to play one last tune on his violin, in the hope of making everyone dance and escaping. But Cuprus appears with Grete. He takes away the magic of the violin but promises to save Kasperl’s life, on condition that he goes back to his wife.

String marionette

Young audiences

Pocci Franz von

Germany

Munich

Printed

Beer

Sausage

Laziness

Money

Mines

Nature

Copper

Music

Concert

Genie

People and history

Magic

Impossible love

Romanticism

Seduction

Serenade

Justice

Musician

Aristocracy

Scaffold

Gallows

Tralala

Faust

Fantasy

Parodistic

Lyrical

Title page illustrated by the author in the original edition of the play

German

Kasperl

Madame Kasperl

Duke

Lady in waiting

Marshal

Judge

Clerk

Waiter

Guard

Valet

Domestic scene

Versified passages

Sung scenes

Metamorphosis

Chorus

Board

Dance

Caricature

Word for another

Song

Macaronism

Parodic trial

Deus ex machina

Metatheatre

Apparition

Die Zaubergeige

The enchanted violin

In Florence, Lully, the son of a miller, hides so that he can listen to religious songs. Le Père Cordelier (Father Cordelier) gives him his first music classes. He starts to sing in public with Arlequin and Pantalon. The Chevalier de Guise (Knight of Guise) brings him to France, but he is hired as a kitchen hand for the Grande Mademoiselle (​​Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier). Playing the violin in front of Mazarin and the Grande Mademoiselle, he obtains the right to continue to study music. With Madeleine Lambert, he makes Louis XIV, who came incognito, dance. He is in charge of composing a show in which Louis XIV dances.