Die Brautwahl

Die Brautwahl (The Bridal Choice) is a "comic-fantastic" opera in three acts and an epilogue by Ferruccio Busoni.

The German libretto, by Busoni himself, is based on a short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

It was not a success with audiences but its failure did not discourage the composer's ambition to write for the operatic stage.

These include the "revenant" Manasse, his son Baron Bensch and the bureaucrat Thusman.

The "bridal choice" of the title is finally decided by a trial involving three caskets which Edmund wins.