Which opera had more acts, Das Liebesverbot or Lucia di Lammermoor?
Das Liebesverbot Das Liebesverbot ("The Ban on Love", WWV 38), is an early opera in two acts by Richard Wagner, with the libretto written by the composer after Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure". Described as a "Große komische Oper ", it was composed in 1834, and Wagner conducted the premiere in 1836 at Magdeburg. Poorly attended and with a lead singer who forgot the words and had to improvise, it was a resounding flop and its second performance had to be cancelled after a fist-fight between the prima donna's husband and the lead tenor broke out backstage before the curtain had even risen; only three people were in the audience. It was never performed again in Wagner's lifetime.
Leben des Orest Leben des Orest ("The Life of Orestes") is a grand opera in five acts (eight scenes) with words and music both by Ernst Krenek. It is his Op. 60 and the first of his own libretti with an antique setting. The score is inscribed with the dates of composition: 8 August 1928 – 13 May 1929, and includes indications of recommended cuts made for the first production. It premiered at the Neues Theater in Leipzig on 19 January 1930, and opened at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin in early March of the same year (Leichtentritt 1930, 366).