Tragaldabas
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| Title: | Tragaldabas |
| Original title: | Tragaldabas |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Eugen d'Albert |
| Libretto : | Rudolf Lothar |
| Premiere: | December 3, 1907 |
| Place of premiere: | Hamburg |
| Playing time: | 120 minutes |
| Place and time of the action: | Cadix in the 18th century |
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Tragaldabas is a comic opera in four acts by Eugen d'Albert . Rudolf Lothar wrote the libretto based on a model by Auguste Vacquerie . The opera premiered on December 3, 1907 at the Stadttheater Hamburg .
action
First elevator
The two crooks Tintamarro and Griffo have the task of starting a revolution the next morning with an assassination attempt on the duke. Tragaldabas, in financial distress, tries to blackmail the two of them, but the tide turns: either he takes the pistol and fires the shot at the Duke, or he is killed on the spot. Tragaldabas takes the gun. - In the meantime, Donna Laura and Don Ottavio take the stage. Don Ottavio's seductive skills do not get caught, however, especially since Donna Laura is married and her marriage is sacred. Nevertheless, she grants her admirer the favor of visiting her garden the next day. - In the morning the Duke appears. Tragaldabas tries to pass on his assignment to the two plainclothes police officers, Bubus and Minas, who immediately arrest him. Don Ottavio, who has arrived, recognizes Tragaldabas as Donna Laura's cousin and declares the process to be a planned trial of the police officers who would have passed it. He releases Tragaldabas again.
second elevator
Don Ottavio appears for the rendezvous with Donna Laura. She would almost have sworn his love oaths if the two were not disturbed by the approaching trio of Tragaldabas, Tintamarro and Griffo. Since they are drunk, there is a dispute, which is to be decided by a duel. Since the second second is missing, Don Ottavio is brought in. When the latter finds out that Tragaldabas cannot fight at all, he stands up for him. Griffo is injured in the arm, so that the duel ends in Don Ottavio's favor. He makes Tragaldabas majordomo : I will never lose sight of you. - Tragaldabas stumbling with joy discovers Don Ottavio arm in arm with Donna Laura in the garden, and suddenly he understands the reason for the favors: Donna Laura is his wife.
third elevator
Tragaldabas leads a boring life in abundance, which he wants to put an end to. Don Ottavio tries to prevent this by giving him the pleasure of love. - Don Ottavio and Donna Laura forge escape plans, with Donna Laura increasingly plagued by a guilty conscience: The marriage with Tragaldabas is only an appearance to make herself more interesting for lovers. Tragaldabas reappears and compliments Don Ottavio from the house. He is then made drunk by Donna Laura so that she can escape with Don Ottavio that night. When Tragaldabas is no longer in control of his tongue, he reveals to Donna Laura that Don Ottavio prevented his death several times. She immediately realizes that Don Ottavio never wanted to marry her. When Don Ottavio wants to pick her up, she refuses and refuses any further acquaintance.
Fourth elevator
Don Ottavio feels his love for Donna Laura, which has grown even stronger. When Tragaldabas appears and is asked to duel by Griffo, Don Ottavio doesn't want to help him this time. Tragaldabas throws the sword on the ground and seeks protection behind Don Ottavio. Donna Laura arrives, stops the duel and informs Don Ottavio that she is not married to Tragaldabas. Don Ottavio falls on her knees in front of her, and when she receives confirmation from Tragaldabas that Don Ottavio had let him die in a duel, she is convinced of his true love. - Tragaldabas has to decide: Either he is killed by Griffo or he goes to the circus to replace the deceased monkey that Tintamarro had borrowed from Ibrahim. From then on, Tragaldabas chose to live as an ape: As a human being, I always remain servant to humans, as an ape I am free, slavery is over.
literature
- Eugen d'Albert: Tragaldabas. Comic opera in four acts . Text book. B. Schotts Sons, Mainz 1907, DNB 400019612 .
- Charlotte Pangels: Eugen d'Albert: wonder pianist and composer. A biography. Atlantis, Zurich / Freiburg i. Br. 1981, ISBN 3-7611-0595-9 .
Web links
- Work data for Tragaldabas based on the MGG with discography at Operone