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FULL Die Sarabande (Wolfram Wagner) Festival NACHTS 4 Vienna 2009 sirene Operntheater
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Die Sarabande
- Composer: Wagner Wolfram
- Libretto: Kristine Tornquist base on Leo Perutz Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Expedithalle der Brotfabrik, Wien, Austria
- Recorded: June 12, 2009
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
00:00 Die Sarabande
00:57 PROLOG. Rabbi Löw (Beginn der Oper)
11:53 SZENE 1. Das Fest
25:55 SZENE 2. Das Duell
33:53 SZENE 3. Die Sarabande. Ach du Nacht, du dunkle Nacht
46:27 SZENE 4. Rabbi Löw. Ecce Homo
49:57 Applaus
The elegant Count Collalto tripped the awkward Baron Juranic out of jealousy while dancing with the youngest daughter of Berka, in order to make him look ridiculous in front of the girl. The baron then challenges the count to a fencing match that evening and is vastly superior to him. He gives life to the Collalto, on the condition that he dance all night. Two Croatian musicians play. The count is becoming more and more exhausted. The dancing count only comes to rest briefly when they pass a statue of the Virgin Mary, because then the musicians pause to pray. Juranic, who wants to prevent this, leads them to the Jewish city, where there are no Christian images of saints. Count Collalto is finally at the end, he desperately cries out for help. Rabbi Löw hears this scream and looks out the window. Collalto begs him for a picture of Christ. When the rabbi understands the situation, he lets a picture of Ecce homo appear on the opposite wall. Before that, Baron Juranic kneels with his stony heart, accuses himself and takes pity on the count. The Ecce homo was not an image of Christ, but an image of persecuted Judaism