''Nurmahal, oder Das Rosenfest von Kaschmir'' is an 1822 German-language opera in two acts by

Gaspare Spontini Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (14 November 177424 January 1851) was an Italian opera composer and conductor from the classical era. Biography Born in Maiolati, Papal State (now Maiolati Spontini, Province of Ancona), he spent most of his ca ...

, to a libretto by Carl Alexander Herklots after

Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his ''Irish Melodies''. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish ...

Lalla Rookh ''Lalla Rookh'' is an Oriental romance by Irish poet Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the (fictional) daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consis ...

premiered in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

.The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: The last years, 1857-1864 0838638457 Giacomo Meyerbeer, Robert Ignatius Letellier - 1999 Spontini, Nurmahal, oder Das Rosenfest von Caschmir, opera in two parts (C. A. Herklots, based on Spicker's German translation of Moore's Lalla Rookh; Berlin, Court Opera, 27 May 1 822). This was Spontini's first German opera, revived in ...

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