Act III. In a dungeon sits the bird once so gay. For "dead, dead, dead

must he be and so slip with hurrahs into the infernal abode." And they lead you to the gallows and tell you your sentence. And the _King_ and the people, the envious singers and the _Princess_ sick unto death on her bier are all there. Now choose your last present, you poor gallows bird. So let me once more sing. And, "see, Oh see, how the delicate face is covered with a rosy glow." He is singing her back to life, the lovely _Princess_, until finally she flees to his arms: "Thou art mine!" Now leave the gallows, there is a wedding today. "A great magician is _Lobetanz_, let the couple only look, the gallows shine with luck and lustre; spring has done wonders."

DER CORREGIDOR

THE MAGISTRATE

Opera in four acts; music by Hugo Wolf; text by Rosa Mayreder-Obermayer. Produced: Mannheim, June 7, 1896.

CHARACTERS

THE CORREGIDOR (magistrate) _Tenor_ DOÑA MERCEDES, his wife _Soprano_ REPELA, his valet _Bass_ TIO LUCAS, a miller _Baritone_ FRASQUITA, his wife _Mezzo-Soprano_ JUAN LOPEZ, the alcalde _Bass_ PEDRO, his secretary _Tenor_ MANUELA, a maid _Mezzo-Soprano_ TONUELO, a court messenger _Bass_