Die Geschichte von dem kleinen blauen Bergsee und dem alten Adler
composer: Wilfried Hiller
librettist: Herbert Asmodi
Libretto von Herbert Asmodi
(Taschenoper I)
Premiere: September 21, 1996, Bayerischer Rundfunk (D) (first broadcast)
October 29, 1997 Trier, Theater der Stadt (D) · Conductor: Sebastian Laverny · Staging: Heinz Lukas-Kindermann · Costumes: Susanne Thaler · Stage design: Susanne Thaler (scenic world première)
Orchestra instrumentation: Fl. (auch Picc.) - Tb. - S. (Trgl. · chin. Gong · 2 Beck. [sehr t., sehr h.] · Zimbelspiel · Schellentamb. · Rototoms · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. · Darabukka · 2 Tempelbl. · 2 Tomt. [h.] · gr. Tamt. · Clav. · Mar. · Kast. · 2 Weingläser) (1 Spieler) - Hackbrett · Hfe. - 1 Vl. · 1 Vc. · 1 Kb.
Cast of characters: Erzähler · Sprechrolle - der kleine blaue Bergsee · Kindersopran (Mädchen, 12-14 Jahre) - der alte Adler · Sprechrolle - Stimme der toten Gefährtin · Alt - Liebespaar · Sopran und Tenor - Liebespaar (30 Jahre später) · Sopran und Bass - vier Bergseen verschiedener Nationalität: schottischer Bergsee · Sopran (spielt Dudelsack) - französischer Bergsee · Alt (spielt Mundharmonika) - spanischer Bergsee · Tenor (spielt Kastagnetten) - chinesischer Bergsee · Bass (spielt chin. Gong) - Zwei Vögel, der Chef, ein Mann, eine Frau · Sprechrollen - zwei Kinder · stumme Rollen
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 70' 0''
Year of composition: 1995/1996
Edition: full score
Language: German
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Description
The old eagle is sad because humans have killed his partner. He pours out his troubles to the small mountain lake and both become friends. When humans in the form of a pair of bored lovers arrive on the scene at the idyllic mountain lake and have the idea of turning the unspoiled landscape into an adventure park, this triggers off the action: an inebriated family man kills the old eagle. The mountain lake, wishing to take revenge on the part of his former friend, bursts its banks and causes a massive flood – this is however in vain as the ’lake of catastrophe’ now becomes the new attraction. Die Geschichte von dem kleinen blauen Bergsee und dem alten Adler (The Tale of the Small Blue Mountain Lake and the old eagle) is a bitter depiction of human ignorance and greed for profit and a parable on the inability of human beings to treat nature in a responsible fashion.
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