▁into ▁English , ▁French , ▁Swedish , ▁Dan ish , ▁Dutch , ▁Boh em ian , ▁Hung arian ▁and ▁Russian . ▁The ▁story ▁is ▁based ▁around ▁Ts ar ▁Peter ▁I ▁' The ▁Great ' ▁of ▁Russia , ▁who ▁travel led ▁to ▁Germany , ▁Holland ▁and ▁England ▁dis gu ised ▁as ▁a ▁car p enter ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁gain ▁first - hand ▁technical ▁knowledge ▁he ▁believed ▁necessary ▁for ▁his ▁country ' s ▁economic ▁progress , ▁such ▁as ▁modern ▁ship building . ▁ ▁Der ▁Wild sch üt z ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁comedy ▁by ▁August ▁von ▁Kot z eb ue , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁sat ire ▁on ▁the ▁un int ellig ent ▁and ▁ex agger ated ▁adm iration ▁for ▁the ▁highest ▁beauty ▁in ▁art ▁expressed ▁by ▁the ▁b our ge ois ▁gent il homme . ▁ ▁Of ▁his ▁other ▁oper as , ▁Der ▁P ole ▁und ▁sein ▁Kind , ▁produced ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁Polish ▁ins urre ction ▁of ▁ 1 8 3 1 , ▁and ▁Und ine ▁( 1 8 4 5 ) ▁are ▁notable . ▁ ▁L ort zing ▁was ▁popular ▁in ▁Berlin ▁and ▁after ▁his ▁death , ▁a ▁mem orial ▁statue ▁was ▁ere cted ▁in ▁the ▁Tier g arten ▁in ▁Berlin . ▁ ▁Selected ▁list ▁of ▁works ▁Ali ▁Pas cha ▁von ▁Jan ina ▁( 1 8 2 4 ) ▁Die ▁H imm elf ah rt ▁Christ i ▁( Christ ' s ▁As c ension ) ▁– ▁or atorio ▁( pre mier ed ▁in ▁Mün ster ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 8 ) ▁Inc