The nightingale and the rose

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The Nightingale and the Rose ( English The Nightingale and the Rose ) is an art fairy tale by Oscar Wilde . It appeared in the prose collection The Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales in 1888 . Of these, it is one of the better known; there are several adaptations for ballet and opera .

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A young student wants to dance at a ball with the daughter of a professor. But she only agrees if he brings her a red rose . The student is unhappy because he has no rose in the garden because he loves the professor's daughter.

A nightingale feels sorry for him and is impressed by his deep love, so she goes in search of a red rose. She asks various rose bushes to give her a rose, but none of them are red. When she asks the red rose bush for a rose, he explains that the winter was too harsh and it was not in bloom. But with the help of the nightingale's heart and soul, he could produce a flower and color it red. The nightingale is ready to do this because it desperately wants to help the student.

At night she undergoes the terrible test: she sticks a thorn of the rose bush so deep into her chest that it pierces her heart and sings for the bush all night - when the red rose blooms at the end of the night, she dies. The next morning the student discovers the rose and, overjoyed, immediately brings it to the professor's daughter. But she refuses him because the chamberlain's nephew has promised her jewelry. Disappointed, the student throws away the rose and withdraws to his studies.

Arrangements for musical theater

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  • Renzo Rinaldo Bossi (1883-1965): Rosa rossa ( L'Usinguolo e la rosa ; op. 18; 1910). Poemetto lirico (opera) in one act. Libretto : Renzo Bossi. Premiere 1938 Turin
  • Henry Hadley (1871-1937): The Nightingale and the Rose (op. 54; 1911). Cantata for soprano, female choir (SSAA) and orchestra. Libretto: EW Grant. Premiere 1911 New York
  • Hooper Brewster-Jones (1887-1949): The Nightingale and the Rose (1927). Opera (only get orchestral suite)
  • Harold Fraser-Simson (1872-1944): The Nightingale and the Rose (1927). Ballet.
  • Jānis Kalniņš (1904-2000): The Nightingale and the Rose (1938). Ballet.
  • Margaret Garwood : The Nightingale and the Rose (1973). Opera.
  • Friedrich Voss (* 1930): The Nightingale and the Rose (1961). Ballet. Premiere in Oberhausen in 1962
  • Jonathan Rutherford : The Nightingale and the Rose . Opera (1966).
  • Roger Hannay : The Nightingale and the Rose (1986). Multi-media piece.
  • Elena Firsova : The Nightingale and the Rose (op. 46; 1990/91). Chamber opera. Libretto: Elena Firsova (using poems by Christina Rossetti )
  • Jan Müller-Wieland : The Nightingale and the Rose (1996). Chamber opera in one act. Premiere 1996 Darmstadt
  • Bruce Sled (* 1975): The Nightingale and the Rose (1998). Opera. Premiere November 6, 1998 Vancouver (Chan Center for the Performing Arts; Irene Kurka [Nightingale], UBC Opera Ensemble; conductor: Richard Epp; director: Nancy Hermiston)
  • Wendelin Bitzan : The nightingale and the rose . A fairy tale in tones in two pictures (2004) for four soloists, narrator and piano, libretto by Dirk Schmeding , premier: 2006 in Bückeburg
  • Michael Starke : The Nightingale and the Rose , chamber opera in 4 scenes (2005–2006 / 2008), premier: 2010 in Bayreuth

Audio book

  • The nightingale and the rose , read by Anna R. von Rosenstolz , publisher: der sprachraum

Others

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Rutherford: List of compositions. ( Memento of July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Orpheusweb.co.uk (English).
  2. ↑ Firsova, Elena: The Nightingale and the Rose. Boosey & Hawkes (English).
  3. ↑ Chris de Burgh: The Nightingale. Text and German translation on Songtexte.com.
Works by Oscar Wilde


novel

The Picture of Dorian Gray ( The Picture of Dorian Gray , 1890)

Collections
  • Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and Other Stories  (1887)
Lord Arthur Savile crimes ( Lord Arthur Savile's Crime ) | The Canterville Ghost ( The Canterville Ghost ) | The Sphinx without a Secret ( The Sphinx without a Secret ) | The Model Millionaire ( The Model Millionaire )
The Happy Prince ( The Happy Prince ) | The Nightingale and the Rose ( The Nightingale and the Rose ) | The Selfish Giant ( The Selfish Giant ) | The devoted friend ( The Devoted Friend ) | The remarkable rocket ( The Remarkable Rocket )
The boy king ( The Young King ) | The Birthday of the Infanta ( The Birthday of the Infanta ) | The fisherman and his soul ( The Fisherman and his Soul ) | The Star Child ( The Star-Child )
Short stories

The portrait of Mr. WH ( The Portrait of Mr. W. H. , 1889) |

Poems

Ravenna (1878) | Poems (1881) | The Sphinx (1894) | Poems in Prose (1894) | The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)

Stage works

Vera, or the Nihilists ( Vera, or the Nihilists , 1880) | Lady Windermeres Fan ( Lady Windermere's Fan , 1892) | The Duchess of Padua ( The Duchess of Padua , 1893) | A Woman of No Importance ( A Woman of No Importance , 1893) | An Ideal Husband ( An Ideal Husband , 1894) | Salomé (1891) | Bunbury or the importance of being serious / being serious is everything ( The Importance of Being Earnest , circa 1895) | The pious courtesan ( La Sainte Courtisane , fragment) | A Florentine Tragedy ( A Florentine Tragedy , fragment)

Essays

The beginnings of historical criticism ( The Rise of Historical Criticism , 1878/79) | The Truth of Masks ( The Truth of Masks , 1885) | The Decay of Lying ( The Decay of Lying , 1889) | Pen, Brush and Poison ( Pen, Pencil and Poison , 1889) | The Critic As Artist ( The Critic as Artist , 1890) | The soul of man under socialism ( The Soul of Man under Socialism , 1891) | De Profundis (1897)