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Description

Working in the kitchen of the Asian restaurant ‘The Golden Dragon’ is a Chinese man with a toothache. His workmates tear out his tooth with the aid of a pipe tong; it lands in the Thai soup. A girl has become pregnant and quarrels with her boyfriend. Inga finds the tooth in her Thai soup. A young Chinese girl is forced into prostitution. The Chinese man bleeds to death in the kitchen of the ‘Golden Dragon’. His workmates throw his body in the river. Inga also throws the tooth into the river. These disparate snapshots are brought together within The Golden Dragon, which gives its name both to the play by Roland Schimmelpfennig and the opera by Peter Eötvös. In creating the opera, Schimmelpfennig’s plot was reduced to 22 short scenes, cut and cross-faded in fast sequence.

Orchestral Cast

1 (auch Altfl. u. Picc.) · 1 (auch Engl. Hr.) · Klar. in A (auch Es-Klar.) · Bassklar. (auch Klar. in A u. Kb.-Klar.) · 1 (auch Kfg.) − 1 · 2 · 1 (mit Quartventil) · 0 − S. (I: Crot. · Vibr. · Röhrengl. · hg. Beck. · Nietenbeck. · Hi-Hat [mit kl. Beck.] · tibet. Cym. · Glissando-Gong [chin. Operngong] · Tamt. · chin. gr. Tr. · Conga · Metal-Guiro · Mar · Clav. [hoch] · Cabasa [hoch] · Woodbl. · Holzbrett · Gemüsemesser, mittelgroß · Plastik-Kamm [Grille] · Flasche · 2 Schnapsgläser; II: Glsp. · Crot. · Xyl. · Röhrengl. · Trgl. · Splash Cym. [kl.] · Nieten-beck. · chin. Beck. · tibet. Cym. · 5 Gongs · Burma Gong · 2 chin. Glissando-Gongs · chin. Bong. · Glas Chimes · Metal Chimes · Guiro · Caxixi · Clav. · Vibra-Slap · Glöckchen-Kette · 4 leere Wein- oder Bierflaschen mit Metall anschlagen · 2 Bierflaschen zusammenstoßen · 5 Schnapsgläser) (2 Spieler) − 1 Keyboard (Digital-Hammond und Klavier) Str. (1 · 0 · 1 · 1 · 1 oder 6 · 0 · 4 · 3 · 1)

All singers and instruments can be amplified if necessary. The amplification of certain percussion instruments (Tamt. · Plastik-Kamm · tiefe Flasche · Schnapsgläser · 4 Wein- oder Bierflaschen mit Metall anschlagen · Burma-Gong) is obligatory.

Cast

The young woman (the little one) · soprano - The woman over sixty (old cook, granddaughter, the ant, Hans, Chinese mother) · mezzo-soprano - The young man (young Asian, waitress, grandfather, the cricket, Chinese aunt) · tenor 1 -
The man over sixty (old Asian, Eva, the brunette stewardess, the friend of the granddaughter, Chinese father) · tenor 2 - The man (an Asian, Inga, the blond stewardess, Chinese uncle) · Baritone

More Information

Title:

The Golden Dragon

(Der goldene Drache)

Music theatre

Libretto by Roland Schimmelpfennig based on his play of the same name, arranged by Peter Eötvös

English translation by Gregory Vajda

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2013 - 2014 (2015)

Duration:

90 ′

Commissioned work :

Kompositionsauftrag von Ensemble Modern und Oper Frankfurt / UK premiere realised in collaboration with Music Theatre Wales. Translation supported by Vincent Meyer.

Series:

Der goldene Drache

Technical Details

Product number:

LS 5367-02

Delivery rights:

Worldwide

Persons

Peter Eötvös (Composer)

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Roland Schimmelpfennig (Text writer)

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