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FULL Masrur (Weber) Festival alf laila wa laila 10 Vienna 2011 sirene Operntheater
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Masrur
- Composer: Weber Oliver
- Libretto: Kristine Tornquist Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Expedithalle der ehemaligen Ankerbrotfabrik Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Recorded: August 2011
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Dan Chamandy, Andreas Jankowitsch, Jens Waldig
- Conductor: Francois-Pierre Descamps
- Orchestra: Orchester PHACE
- Stage Director: Kristine Tornquist
- Stage Designer: Jakob Scheid
- Costume Designer: Markus Kuscher
- Lighting Designer: Edgar Aichinger
Information about the Recording
- Published by: sirene
- Date Published: 2015
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, desubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
00:00 Der Kalif Harun ar-Raschid findet keine Ruhe
01:08 Das Gespenst des toten Dschafar al-Barmaki
03:44 Masrur, der Freund und Schwertträger
04:19 Der Paradiesgarten
05:53 Die 300 Sklavinnen
07:03 Die Dichter
08:17 Die Lustknaben
09:20 Der Kopf des Masrur
10:28 Der reissende Löwe
11:20 Die Freunde
12:36 Das Fest ist vorbei (Ich fiele zu Boden und küsste Blüten, Stengel und Dolden)
14:38 Applaus
The caliph Harun al-Raschid cannot sleep and calls for his bodyguard Masrur to cheer him up. Masrur suggests various amusements, but nothing can inspire the caliph, not a walk, not a visit to his wives or a game with his slaves. His mood is getting worse and worse. Finally Masrur is at the end of his ideas and desperately proposes to the caliph that he should cut off his head if that could only comfort him. The caliph is briefly tempted, but then he thinks about it