The night camp in Granada
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| Title: | The night camp in Granada |
The night camp in Granada - theater bill 1837 |
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| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Conradin Kreutzer |
| Libretto : | Karl Johann Braun Knight of Braunthal |
| Premiere: | January 13, 1834 |
| Place of premiere: | Theater in der Josefstadt , Vienna |
| Playing time: | approx. 1 1 ⁄ 2 hours |
| Place and time of the action: | Spain in the 16th century |
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The night camp in Granada is an opera in two acts by Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849). The libretto is by Karl Johann Braun Ritter von Braunthal (1802–1866) and is an adaptation of the play Das Nachtlager von Granada (1818) by Johann Friedrich Kind . The plot is based on a legend according to which the later Emperor Maximilian II once stayed overnight while hunting in a hut near Granada, where he was supposed to be murdered, but was saved.
action
The opera is set near Granada in Spain in the mid-16th century.
first act
Image: mountain valley near Granada, in the background a half-ruined castle
The pretty young Gabriele lives as an orphan in the care of her uncle and guardian, the old shepherd Ambrosio. He promised her to the wealthy shepherd Vasco as a wife to ensure her an economically carefree life, but Gabriele loves the poorer Gomez. She recently received a pigeon from him that always reminds her of her lover. She is therefore deeply saddened when her favorite animal was snatched away by an eagle.
Gomez tries to comfort his lover. He heard that the Prince Regent was nearby to hunt. He wants to see him to get him to be an advocate for his marriage to Gabriele. No sooner has he gone than an unknown hunter appears who pretends to be a shooter in the regent's pay. Because, to the delight of Gabrieles, he brings her beloved dove with him, she confides in him by telling him about her heartache. The hunter assures her that he will put in a good word for her with the Prince Regent.
Gabrieles fiancé Vasco, her uncle Ambrosio and the shepherd Pedro join them. You are surprised how confidentially Gabriele talks to the strange hunter. Vasco grabs jealousy. Although he openly reveals his dislike for the hunter, the hunter asks for a place to camp for the night. He also pays for it in advance with some gold coins.
Vasco, who considers the hunter to be a secret rival, has the plan to attack him together with Ambrosio and Pedro in his sleep, to murder him and to take the rest of his belongings from him.
Second act
Image: Inside the half-ruined castle
The strange hunter has found a place to sleep for the night, not knowing that the three devious shepherds are just waiting for him to fall asleep. Gabriele has a bad feeling: an inner voice tells her that the hunter is in danger. She looks for him in the castle and wakes him up. When the conspirators approach, the hunter draws his sword and faces the three fearlessly. In doing so, he airs his incognito and declares that he himself is the Prince Regent. While old Ambrosio and Pedro flee, Vasco approaches the prince full of hate. There is a fight. Vasco loses out and is mortally wounded.
Horns herald the prince's hunting party. In the midst of them is Gomez, Gabriele's lover. The Lieto fine now nothing stands in the way: Gabriele and Gomez fall into his arms. The Prince Regent gives them his blessing. Old Ambrosio and Pedro are glad that the prince doesn't want to hand them over to the prosecution.
Roles and actors in the first and second version
| Role / function | Pitch | Premiere, Theater in der Josefstadt, January 13, 1834 | EA, Theater am Kärntnertor, March 9, 1837 |
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| conductor | Conradin Kreutzer | Conradin Kreutzer | |
| Decorations | Hermann Neefe | Millitz | |
| Gabriele, Ambrosio's niece | soprano | Anna Segatta | lion |
| Gomez, a young shepherd | tenor | Joseph Emminger | Franz Wild |
| A hunter | baritone | Carl Joseph Poeck | Johann Karl Schoberlechner |
| Count Otto, a German knight | bass | Brava | savoy |
| Vasco, a shepherd | tenor | K. Rott | Just |
| Pedro, a shepherd | bass | cook | Amerlahn |
| Ambrosio, an old shepherd | bass | Borschitzky | Walther |
| An alcalde | baritone | Joseph Preisinger | |
| Courtiers, hunters, shepherds, shepherdesses, judges | |||
history
The opera was written in the summer of 1833 in Weißöhlhütten near Olmütz , where Kreutzer often stayed on the estate of the father of his second wife Anna Speil von Ostheim during the summer months . The premiere of the first version with spoken dialogues took place on January 13, 1834 in the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna . A second version, in which composed recitatives took the place of the dialogues , was premiered on March 9, 1837 in the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna.
music
- Already towards the end of the overture a popular melody can be heard in the horns: Obviously, the composer of the folk song Gehn m'r weng 'over, go m'r weng' over, go m'r weng 'over to his wife's blacksmith (Thuringia, 19 Century) taken out a loan from Conradin Kreutzer.
- Romance of the hunter I am a rifleman in the regent's pay
- Finale of the first act with the famous evening prayer, which is still sung today by many mixed choirs. The evening bells were already ringing
- Scene and aria of the Prince Regent in Act II : Indeed, it is an adventure that I like more and more!
- Ensemble scene in the finale of the second act
Total recordings
- 1977 Karl Etti - Arnold Schönberg Choir , Academic Orchestra Association Vienna - Preiser Records - SPR 3271-2
- Ladislav Illavsky - hunter
- Anita Ammersfeld - Gabriele
- Wolfgang Fassler - Gomez
- Kurt Ruzicka - Ambrosio
- Gerd Fussi - Vasco
- Wolfgang Kandutsch - Pedro
- 1992 Helmuth Froschauer ; Kölner Rundfunkchor , Kölner Rundfunkorchester - Capriccio 60 029-2
- Hermann Prey - hunter
- Regina Klepper - Gabriele
- Michael Pabst - Gomez
- Martin Blasius - Ambrosio
- Wolf Matthias Friedrich - Vasco
- Cornelius Hauptmann - Pedro
Web links
- The night camp in Granada : sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- The night camp of Granada (libretto) at Zeno.org .
- Work data for The Night Camp in Granada based on the MGG with discography at Operone
Remarks
- ↑ Due to a confusion of names, the plot of this legend was also moved to Tharandt (old name: Granaten), see: The Einsiedel in the valley of the red Weißeritz . In: Johann Georg Theodor Grasse : The treasure trove of legends of the Kingdom of Saxony. Dresden 1874.