The Arabian Night

Opera after the same named play by Roland Schimmelpfennig

Libretto von Christian Jost

Edition: Performance material

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On a hot Friday in a block of flats on the outskirts of a German city, there is a problem with the water supply. During his inspection the caretaker Lohmeier meets Franziska Dehke and her Arabian flatmate Fatima Mansur. Fatima is visited by her boyfriend Kalil every evening, while on the sofa Franziska dreams of the Orient. Peter Kaparti, the neighbour, is irresistibly drawn to their flat. A problem with the lifts causes the five characters’ destinies to merge. The temporal levels and boundaries between dream and reality become blurred. The desert wind of the Arabian night blows through the apartment block, but all of a sudden this magical scenario collapses.

Orchestral Cast

1 (auch Altfl.) · 1 · 1 · Bassklar. · 0 - 1 · Flhr. · 0 · 0 · 0 - Vibr. · Marimba · Cel. · Klav. (Flügel) - Str. (2 Vl. · 2 Va. · 2 Vc. · 2 Kb.)

Cast

Hans Lomeier · Bariton - Fatima Mansur · Mezzosopran - Franziska Dehke · Sopran - Kalil · Tenor - Peter Karpati · Tenor - Katja Hartinger · Sopran - Narbenfrau / Helga / Frau Hinrichs · Alt - Marion Richter · Sopran

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Title:

The Arabian Night

Opera after the same named play by Roland Schimmelpfennig

Libretto von Christian Jost

Englische Textfassung von Minou Arjomand nach der Übersetzung von Melanie Dreyer

Language:

German, English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2007

Duration:

90 ′

World Premiere:

April 26, 2008 · Essen (D)
Grillo Theater
Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
Original staging: Anselm Weber · Costumes: Irina Bartels · Set desing: Jörg Kiefel
(scenic)

Commissioned work :

komponiert im Auftrag der Theater & Philharmonie Essen GmbH