The story concerns the attempt of Rosamunde, who was brought up incognito as a shepherdess by the mariner's widow Axa, to reclaim her throne. Fragmentary autograph sources relating to the first version of the play have been recovered, too. However, a later modified version of the play, in five acts, was discovered in the State Library of Württemberg, and was published in 1996. The text version of Chézy's original play, in four acts, as premiered with Schubert's music, is lost. Music and play premiered in Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 20 December 1823. Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern ( Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus) is a play by Helmina von Chézy, which is primarily remembered for the incidental music which Franz Schubert composed for it.
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