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Albert Lortzing, born in Berlin in 1801, was the foremost pre-Wagner exponent of German romantic opera. His compositions - including Zar und Zimmermann (Tsar and Carpenter), Wildschütz (The Poacher) and the magic opera Undine - still enjoy enormous popularity, even today.