Le chalet

[1] The text for the singspiel had previously been set to music by Peter Winter, 1790, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, 1801, and Conradin Kreutzer, 1810, and was done later by Donizetti, 1836, Julius Rietz, 1841, Heinrich Stihl, 1867, and Ingeborg Bronsart, 1873.

[3] In a rare revival and "a double-bill of the same opera by different composers", Le Chalet was performed before Betly by Donizetti on the same evening at the Stadttheater Solothurn in October 2023 during the 2023-24 season.

[4] The scene is the inside of a chalet, open at the rear with a view of the countryside, and in the distance the mountains of Appenzell in Switzerland.

Daniel is furious, having made all the preparations for a marriage including a contract, but Bettly flatly refuses, saying she doesn't need a husband.

Daniel hears troops approaching and asks them into the chalet; Max sings of his happiness of being back in his valley "Vallons de l'Helvétie".

She whispers to Daniel that this is just a ruse; without her brother's signature it will not be legal, but Max has crept up and signed the contract, saying that he has tricked them both to force them to be happy together.