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Les Deux aveugles (OEK critical edition)
(Die beiden Blinden / The Two Blindmen) (1855)Bouffonnerie musicale in one act
Dauer: 30 Minuten
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Libretto by Jules Moinaux; new German version; new English version by Richard Duployen (F,G,E)
Besetzung
2T,actors;
2(II=picc).1.2.1-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-strings;
Viennese orchestration: 2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-strings
Abkürzungsverzeichnis (PDF)
Verlag:
B&B
Vertriebsgebiet
Dieses Werk ist erhältlich bei Boosey & Hawkes für Aufführungen in
for the world.
Verfügbarkeit
World Premiere
05/07/1855Salle Marigny, Paris
Ensemble: unknown
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PATACHON | Lyric Tenor |
GIRAFFIER | Buffo Tenor |
Passers-by |
Ort und Zeit
A bridge in Paris, 19th century
Zusammenfassung
Two beggars compete for the desired place on the bridge. Neither of them wants competition, for the charity business runs badly. To impress each other, they fabricate the wildest stories. In order to get hold of the few pennies dropped by the passers-by, the blind are able to see again. The contest, accompanied by singing, develops into a grotesque musiquette, whose tone lies half-way between a Beckett-like sense of the comic and a melancholy reminiscent of Chaplin.
Stimmung
Comic
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