title: Lisuart und Dariolette
text: # Lisuart und Dariolette
  
  Lisuart und Dariolette, oder Die Frage und die Antwort (Lisuart and Dariolette, or The Question and the Answer) is a 'romantisch-comische Oper' by the German composer Johann Adam Hiller.
  
  The libretto was by Daniel Schiebeler based on La fée Urgèle ou Ce qui plaît aux dames by Charles Simon Favart, itself derived from The Wife of Bath's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer.
  
  ## Performance history
  
  The opera was first performed in a two-act version at the Rannstädtertor Theater, Leipzig on 25 November 1766, conducted by the composer. A revised version in three acts was produced on 7 January 1767.
  
  ## Roles
  
  roles, voice types :
  
  | Role | Voice type |
  | - | - |
  | Queen Ginevra of England | soprano |
  | Dariolette, her daughter | soprano |
  | Lisuart, a knight | tenor |
  | Derwin, his squire | bass |
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  Queen Ginevra of England sends the knight Lisuart to find her lost daughter Dariolette. In the course of his mission, Lisuart has to answer the riddle: "What gives women the most pleasure?"
  
  