The Bride of Messina

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:play
gptkbp:action five acts
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:musical
gptkb:ballet
gptkb:opera
gptkb:film
gptkbp:author gptkb:Friedrich_Schiller
gptkbp:character_relationships Don Fernando and Isabella
Don Manuel and Don Fernando
Don Manuel and Isabella
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
gptkbp:cultural_significance explores themes of destiny and choice
important work in German literature
gptkbp:director gptkb:Robert_Wilson
gptkb:Peter_Stein
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Weimar
gptkbp:genre gptkb:tragedy
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Bride of Messina
gptkbp:influence gptkb:German_Romanticism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Heinrich_von_Kleist
gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkb:August_Wilhelm_Schlegel
later playwrights
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:notable_character gptkb:Leonora
gptkb:Don_Fernando
gptkb:Isabella
Don Manuel
gptkbp:notable_performance Berlin, 1803
Dresden, 1815
Munich, 1810
Vienna, 1804
Weimar, 1805
gptkbp:notable_production Berlin production 1900
Hamburg production 2000
Munich production 1950
Vienna production 1980
Weimar production 1803
gptkbp:notable_quote " In the end, we are all victims of our choices."
" Love and honor are intertwined."
" The blood of the family cannot be washed away."
" The heart is a battlefield."
" What is fate but a shadow?"
" Fate is a cruel mistress."
" Honor demands a price."
" The blood of the family is the most sacred."
gptkbp:notable_themes gptkb:betrayal
gptkb:loyalty
gptkb:revenge
gptkbp:original_language gptkb:German
gptkbp:performance_style melodramatic
gptkbp:premiere 1803
gptkbp:published 1803
gptkbp:published_in 1804
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:Mary_Stuart
gptkb:Don_Carlos
gptkb:The_Robbers
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Messina,_Sicily
gptkbp:structure five acts
gptkbp:symbolism light and darkness
family honor
bloodshed
gptkbp:theatrical_style gptkb:classical
gptkbp:theme gptkb:honor
gptkb:fate
family conflict
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Friedrich_Schiller
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4