L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe
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L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe (English: The Hoopoe and the Triumph of Filial Love) is an opera by Hans Werner Henze with a German libretto by the composer, inspired by Arab and Persian legends.
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[edit] Performance history
It was commissioned by, and first performed at the Salzburg Festival on 12 August 2003 in a co-production with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Teatro Real, Madrid.
[edit] Roles
- Badi’at el-Hosn wal Dschamal, a Jewish girl (soprano)
- The demon (tenor)
- The old man (Al Radshi, known as the ‘Eccentric Widower’) Grand Vizier of Manda, the Island of the Black Baboons (baritone)
- Malik, the ancient Sultan of Pati (mezzo-soprano)
- Dijab, the old tyrant of Kipungani (bass)
- Al Kasim (‘the Sharer’), Al Radshi’s youngest son (baritone)
- Adschib (‘the Wayward’), another son, a good-for-nothing (countertenor)
- Gharib (‘the Untrustworthy’), another son, a sly fox (bass)
- The nameless dictator (mute)
- Gardeners, flowers, guards, Nubian soldiers, henchmen and three gnomes
[edit] Recording
There is a DVD of the original 2003 Salzburg production with Matthias Goerne, Laura Aikin, John Mark Ainsley, and Alfred Muff, and Marcus Stenz conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus (EuroArts 2053929).
[edit] Libretto
- L'Upupa. Nachtstücke aus dem Morgenland. Autobiographische Mitteilungen. Propyläen, Berlin 2003. (This is he second part of Henze’s autobiography. The book contains the libretto of the opera.)
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