Singspiel in one act by Weber to a libretto by F.C. Heimer after The 1001 Nights (1811, Munich).
Abu Hassan
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Abu Hassan is an opera in one act by Carl Maria von Weber to a German libretto by Franz Hiemer, based on a story in A Thousand and One Nights. It was composed between August 11, 1810, and Jan. 12, 1811 and has set numbers with recitative and spoken dialogue.
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Performance history
Abu Hassan was first performed at the Residenz Theater in Munich on June 4, 1811, under Peter Winter. In London it was produced in English at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1835, and in Italian at Drury Lane on May 12, 1870 (at the same time as Mozart's L'oca del Cairo), the translation being made by Marchesi, and the dialogue set to recitative by Arditi.
Abu Hassan is not now part of the commonly performed operatic repertory, though it is sometimes staged.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 4 June 1811 (Conductor: Peter Winter) |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Hassan, cup-bearer to the Caliph | tenor | Georg Mittermaier |
| Fatime, his wife | soprano | Josefa Flerk |
| Omar, a money-lender | bass | Aloys Muck |
| Caliph | spoken | |
| Zobeide, the Caliph's wife | spoken |
Synopsis
The story is set in Baghdad. Heavily in debt, Abu Hassan and his wife Fatime pretend in turn to be dead in order to deal with Omar, the moneylender, who is eventually tricked and sent to prison by the Caliph.cassim
Recordings
The opera was recorded in 2003 by Capella Coloniensis, directed by Bruno Weil.[1] Other recordings have been made by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leopold Ludwig, Heinz Rögner, Gustav Kuhn and Gennady Rozhdestvensky, the last in Russian.
References
- ^ "Capella Coloniensis Tonträger (in German, accessed 24 Feb 2009.)
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