Die Verschworenen
, also known as ( 787) is an 1823 one-act singspiel by Franz Schubert after a libretto by Ignaz Franz Castelli with spoken dialogue by the composer. Castelli's libretto was based on "Lisistrata, ou Les Athéniennes, Comédie en un acte et en prose, mêlée de vaudevilles" by François-Benoît Hoffman, which had premiered at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris in 1802. The French play in turn was based on "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes (411 BCE). Composition. The work is for four or five sopranos, two contraltos, two or three tenors, two basses, mixed choir and orchestra: Die Verschworenen , also