The young lord

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Title: The young lord
The young Lord (Henze) DOB

The young Lord (Henze) DOB

Shape: Comic opera in two acts
Original language: German
Music: Hans Werner Henze
Libretto : Ingeborg Bachmann
Literary source: Wilhelm Hauff : The ape as a human
Premiere: April 7, 1965
Place of premiere: German Opera Berlin
Playing time: about 2 3 / 4 hours
Place and time of the action: Residential town of Hülsdorf-Gotha, around 1830
people
  • Sir Edgar ( silent role )
  • His secretary ( baritone )
  • Lord Barrat, nephew of Sir Edgar ( tenor )
  • Begonia, cook from Jamaica
  • Mayor ( bass baritone )
  • Senior Justice Councilor Hasentreffer (baritone)
  • Mrs. Oberjustizrat Hasentreffer ( soprano )
  • Economist Scharf (baritone)
  • Professor von Mucker ( Tenorbuffo )
  • Baroness Grünwiesel ( mezzo-soprano )
  • Frau von Hufnagel (mezzo-soprano)
  • Luise, ward of the baroness (soprano)
  • Ida, her friend ( coloratura soprano )
  • Maid (soprano)
  • Wilhelm, student (tenor)
  • Armintore La Rocca, ringmaster (tenor)
  • Light cleaner (baritone)

The young Lord is a comic opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze based on a libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann . The material goes back to the parable The Monkey as Man by Wilhelm Hauff from his collection The Sheik of Alexandria and his slaves . The opera was premiered in 1965 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the direction of Christoph von Dohnányi in a production by Gustav Rudolf Sellner .

action

first act

Scene 1 (market square of the small town of Hülsdorf-Gotha): The residents of Hülsdorf-Gotha are waiting for Sir Edgar, a noble scholar from England. The lord arrives and moves into a rented house with his exotic entourage and large luggage, without exchanging a word with any local resident. In the turmoil, Luise, the richest resident of the city, and the student Wilhelm talk to each other for the first time. Luise, a ward of Baroness Grünwiesel, is desperate because the Baroness wants to couple her to Sir Edgar.

Scene 2 (Baroness Grünwiesel's salon): The baroness was waiting for Sir Edgar for tea, but the Turkish page Jeremy brought a refusal of the invitation. The indignant baroness vows to make Sir Edgar life in the city hell.

Scene 3 (market square in Hülsdorf-Gotha with the circus set up ): Sir Edgar now forgets the population and the other dignitaries of the city by giving money to a traveling circus and inviting its artists to his house, which the townspeople continue to do remains closed. City children chase after Jeremy, who fled to Sir Edgar's house in his distress.

Second act

Scene 1 (winter evening on the market square of Hülsdorf-Gotha): Screams and strange noises come from Sir Edgar's house. However, the troubled citizens of the city allow themselves to be appeased by Sir Edgar's secretary. He explains that these are the audible signs of the difficulties Sir Edgar's nephew has in learning the German language. The nephew Lord Barrat - the young lord - is supposed to learn German so that he can be introduced to the society of the city. Luise and Wilhelm meet on the edge of the meeting on the square.

Scene 2 (reception in Sir Edgar's house): Sir Edgar's house is opened to the citizens of the city for the first time: everyone is invited to a reception, the young lord is presented. All are enthusiastic about Lord Barrat's manners, even if these seem strange at times. Wilhelm, who does not like the behavior of the young Lord towards Luise, insults Lord Barrat. Luise then faints and Wilhelm has to leave the reception.

Scene 3 (big ball in the casino in Hülsdorf-Gotha): The engagement between Luise and the young lord is to be announced at a ball . The ball guests imitate the young lord who is dancing ever more wildly, some go so far as to tear themselves off their clothes like this. It becomes clear what the young lord is all about: Lord Barrat is a trained monkey in human clothes who comes from the circus. In the resulting turmoil, Sir Edgar and his secretary leave the scene, Luise and Wilhelm reconcile.

Cast of the premiere

Productions

The opera was performed in San Diego and Houston in 1967, and in 1973 by the New York City Opera . The publisher Schott Music provides translations of Eugene Walter (English), Fedele D'Amico (Italian) and Jeanne Héricard (French) on.

Sound carrier and film

  • Record recording with those involved in the world premiere, Ufa-Studio Berlin, May 1967, Tonmeister Heinz Wildhagen. DG 449 875-2 (double CD)
  • TV recording in 1968 in the Deutsche Oper. Unitel, Medici Arts 2072398 (DVD)

literature

  • Ingeborg Bachmann: The young lord. Comic opera in two acts. Music by Hans Werner Henze . B. Schotts's Sons, Mainz 1965. (Libretto)
  • Wilhelm Hauff: The monkey as a person from the fairy tale almanac for sons and daughters of educated classes to the year 1827 . In: Wilhelm Hauff: Complete Works in Three Volumes , Volume 2. Munich 1970, pp. 153–177. (Literary source)
  • Chris Mullins: Henze: The young lord . In: Opera Today from March 15, 2009 (review of the DVD of Sellner's 1968 film)

Web links

Commons : The Young Lord  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Quaintance Eaton: Opera Production: a handbook , Volume II. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 1974, ISBN 0-8166-0689-7 , pp. 124–125 in the Google book search.
  2. ↑ Harold C. Schonberg: City Opera's "Young Lord", a Tarzan in Lederhosen . In: New York Times, March 30, 1973, nytimes.com .
  3. ↑ https://de.schott-music.com/shop/der-junge-lord-6.html