Feramors
| Work data | |
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| Title: | Feramors |
| Shape: | Opera |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein |
| Libretto : | Julius Rodenberg |
| Literary source: | Thomas Moore's story "Lalla Rookh" |
| Premiere: | February 24, 1863 |
| Place of premiere: | royal court opera Dresden |
| Place and time of the action: | a valley in the Kashmir Mountains |
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Feramors is a lyrical opera in three acts by the composer Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein ; Julius Rodenberg wrote the libretto on the basis of Thomas Moore's story "Lalla Rookh". This opera was written in 1861/1862 and had its world premiere on February 24, 1863 at the Royal Court Opera in Dresden .
In 1872 an edited version of this work was staged in Vienna in two acts.
action
- 1st act
The king of Bokhara is expected in the palace at Hindostan . He is due to arrive shortly to marry Princess Lalla Rookh. The Grand Vizier Fadladin organized the preparations for this festival when Chosru, the envoy of the bridegroom, was announced.
The bride and her friend Hafisa receive the envoy, who announces the imminent arrival of his king. Lalla Rookh is very sad because she already secretly loves the singer Feramors, whom she is not allowed to marry. When the king of Bokhara arrives, he is received in a festive manner ( ballet : "The dance of lights of the brides of Kashmir").
During this festival, Chosru and Hafisa confess their mutual love. The celebration ends with the muezzin's call to prayer from the minaret. When Feramors sings his ballad ("The moonlight dreams on Persia's sea"), Lalla Rookh knows that she does not love the King of Bokhara and cannot marry.
- 2nd act
The Grand Vizier Fadladin makes Hafisa a marriage proposal, which Hafisa refuses. She only tolerates his efforts so that he will be distracted and not notice Princess Lalla Rookh along with Feramors. But when he discovers Feramors a little later alone in the princess's apartments, he has him arrested immediately. When Feramors is to be brought to the dungeon, the angry people want to lynch him. The envoy Chosru struggles to save Feramors, but cannot prevent him from being brought to the dungeon.
- 3rd act
Shortly before the wedding, Grand Vizier Fadladin learns that his prisoner was able to escape. But since Lalla Rookh is already waiting in the ballroom as a bride, he has to fulfill his duties as grand vizier. As he leads the bridegroom to the bride, the bride recognizes her lover Feramors with joy. The king of Bokhara wanted to test the integrity of his bride in the disguise of a traveling singer. To the cheers of all those present, the bride and groom hug each other.
Trivia
The figure of "Lalla Rookh" is not identical to the real person " Truganini ".
literature
- Leo Melitz: Guide through the operas . Globus-Verlag, Berlin 1914, W. 86–87.
- Horst Seeger : Opera Lexicon . Heinrichshofens Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1987, ISBN 3-7959-0271-1 , p. 191.
- Richard Taruskin : Feramors . In: Oxford Music Online .
- Anton G. Rubinstein: Feramors. Opera in three acts . Senff Verlag, Leipzig 1880.