The red coat (ballet)

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The ballet piece Der Rote Mantel is a ballet piece in 3 acts based on Garcia Lorca by the choreographer Tatjana Gsovsky . The premiere took place on October 1, 1954 in the Theater des Westens (Städtische Oper).

The music comes from Luigi Nono .

action

Act 1 In Don Perlimplin's house, an older man who has become somewhat childish and who has never met love, the servant Marcolfa is busy arranging her master's clothes on a life-size doll. While she is helping Don Perlimplin to get dressed, Belisa's mother crosses the street and disappears into the door under the balcony of her house, where Belisa herself appears. The young beauty sings a song of unsatisfied longing for happiness and love. Marcolfa draws her master's attention to Belisa and gives him precise instructions on how to present his advertising. Perlimplin, whom love struck like lightning, declares his affection to Belisa. Marcolfa and Belisa's mother bring the two together; the engagement is decided. Left alone, Perlimplin dances a confused love dance, wavering between fear and hope.

Act 2 Perlimplin and Belisa enter the wedding room, led by Marcolfa, but the shy Perlimplin makes no move to approach her. Finally, Belisa falls asleep disappointed. Two goblins draw a veil over the scenery. It remains open whether the following processes are dream or reality. A centaur, a man and a murderer court Belisa, who is eventually stabbed to death in a symbolic act. The goblins take off the veil, Perlimplin wakes up as a horned one with huge antlers on his head.

3. Act Perlimplin writes a letter to Belisa and disguises herself as a torero with the help of a large red coat. Since love shook him up and actually made him into a feeling person, he wants Belisa to share in the happiness of love and thus the incarnation. His plan succeeds. Belisa does not recognize the disguised Perlimplin and, also moved by the love in her innermost being, hurries after the supposed torero. When her Perlimplin confronts her without disguise, she falls desperately to the ground. Blessed with happiness, he kisses the traces of her tears from his fingers; because Belisa's love is for him, even if she thinks she sees someone else in him. She confesses her love for the unknown to him. He plays her a jealous comedy and rushes off to stab the strange man in the red coat. Belisa's calls for help come too late: a figure wrapped in a red coat falls into her arms. She puts the huge blood-red coat around her shoulders and slowly walks away. The figure of the servant Marcolfa requires special interpretation. She is represented in the first act by a tall man, in the second act by a child. So it decreases in physical volume from act to act, to the extent that, with Perlimplin's incarnation, his dependence on the servant decreases.

Performers in the world premiere

  • Erwin Bredow
  • Gisela Deege
  • Lilo Herbeth
  • Gerd Heruth
  • Eric Canso
  • Manfred Taubert
  • Rainer Köchermann
  • Gert Reinholm
  • Irene Salomon
  • Fred Kaindl
  • Egbert Strolka
  • a child

Musical sequence

  • Introduzione (1st act)
  • Perlimplín appears
  • Song of Belisa
  • Confused love dance
  • Dance of Disappointment Belisa
  • Night: Dance of Lovers (Act 2)
  • 1. A centaurus
  • 2. A youth
  • 3. An acrobat
  • 4. A murderer
  • Perlimplíns waking up and song Perlimplíns
  • Perlimplín writes a letter (3rd act)
  • The red coat appears for the first time
  • serenade
  • The red coat appears for the second time
  • A chase dance
  • Belisa's sorrow and love for the red coat
  • Red cloak death dance
  • Love song of the Belisa Composizione per orchestra No. 1

literature

  • Wilhelm Ritter Verlag: Program leaflet for the premiere, Berlin Dahlem 1954.