Die Schweizer Familie

The opera was first performed at the Theater am Kärntnertor, conducted by the composer, in Vienna on 14 March 1809 and was a great success in German-speaking countries in the early 19th century.

[citation needed] The Bolls, the Swiss family of the title, have been banished to an unspecified region in the Alps.

Their daughter, Emmeline, pines for the love of Jakob, to whom she is secretly engaged.

Ignaz Moscheles wrote a set of 12 variations for piano (Op.

5) on the air "Wer hörte wohl jemals mich klagen".