A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Loreley, Die
LORELEY, DIE. An opera by [1]Geibel, upon the composition of which Mendelssohn was enengaged at the time of his death (Nov. 4. 47). He had completed—as far as anything of his could be said to be complete until it was published—the finale to the act in which the heroine, standing on the Loreley cliff, invokes the spirits of the Rhine. This number was first performed at Leipzig, and at the Birmingham Festival, Sept. 8, 1852, to an English adaptation by Mr. Bartholomew, and was published as 'Op. 98, No. 27 of the posthumous works.' In Oct. 1868 an Ave [2]Maria (scene 3) for soprano solo and chorus, and late in 1871 a Vintagers' Chorus (scene 4) were published, and portions of the 2nd and 7th scenes are more or less advanced towards completion. The Finale is frequently put on the stage in Germany. The opera has been since composed by Max Bruch (produced at Cologne in August 1864).
2. The Loreley is the subject of an opera by F. Lachner, words by Molitor, produced at the Court Theatre, Munich, in 1846.