FULL THE ROBBERS (Ned Rorem) Richmond KT 2024 EKU Opera Lab
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Robbers
- Composer: Rorem Ned
- Libretto: by the composer after Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Tale' Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Campbell Building, Richmond, Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University EKU Opera
- Recorded: April 17, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: unknown
- Conductor: David Galant
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Dr. David Michael Galant
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Robbers (1956)
Melodrama in one scene
Duration: 28 minutes
Lyrics
Libretto by the composer after Chaucer’s ‘The Pardoner’s Tale’ (E)
Publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes
Premiere
4/14/1958
Kaufman Auditorium, 92nd Street YMHA, New York, New York
Conductor: Carl Bamberger
Ensemble: Mannes College Opera Workshop
Roles
THE LEADER, one of three thieves bass-baritone
COMPANION OF THE LEADER, second of three thieves tenor
A YOUNG NOW, third of three thieves Lyrical baritone
place and time
A shabby room on the upper floor of an inn; 14th century, early evening
Summary
The opera is based on Chaucer’s Pardoner’s Tale from the Canterbury Tales. Three thieves have just killed a stranger for his gold. The body is now lying around the area. The young newcomer is seized with remorse, but the leader and his companion threaten him. He walks away and they divide the gold – into two piles! When he brings them wine, they stab him. But the newcomer had already made his own plans: the wine was poisoned, and so the murderers themselves will be murdered.
Quoted from https://www.boosey.com/opera/moreDetails?musicID=5243