Beginning of a novel
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Title: | Beginning of a novel |
Original title: | Počátek románu |
The painting Počátek románu by Jaroslav Věšín |
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Shape: | Opera in one act and three pictures |
Original language: | Czech |
Music: | Leoš Janáček |
Libretto : | Jaroslav Tichý |
Literary source: | Gabriela Preissová |
Premiere: | October 10, 1894 |
Place of premiere: | National Theater Brno |
Playing time: | about 50 minutes |
Place and time of the action: | In the Moravia countryside, 1880s |
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Beginning of a novel (Czech: Počátek románu, JW 1/3) is an opera in one act and three pictures by Leoš Janáček with a libretto by Jaroslav Tichý based on a short story by Gabriela Preissová , which is inspired by a painting by Jaroslav Věšín . Composed in 1891, it was premiered on October 10, 1894 at the National Theater in Brno . The music uses popular songs and dances in the spirit of easy folk comedy.
action
The pretty villager Poluška falls in love with Baron Adolf, although she has given a pledge to her love to Tonek, a young man from the same social circle. Tonek is depressed, the gamekeeper surprises the two intertwined lovers and warns the girl's parents. Their father is offended when his delighted mother organizes a meeting with Baron Adolf's father to arrange the wedding, but something comes between the two families of very different social status, so that Poluška returns to the faithful Tonek, while the baron is with him a countess finds happiness.
orchestra
The orchestral line-up for the opera includes the following instruments:
- Woodwinds : two flutes , two oboes , English horn , two clarinets , bass clarinet , two bassoons
- Brass : three horns , two trumpets , three trombones , tuba
- Timpani , drums : glockenspiel , triangle
- harp
- Strings
Web links
- Work data on Počátek románu based on MGG with discography at Operone
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jiří Vysloužil: Počátek románu. In: Piper's Encyclopedia of Musical Theater . Volume 3: Works. Henze - Massine. Piper, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-492-02413-0 , pp. 170-171.