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Bittner, Hans
Die Errettung Fatmes
(The Liberation of Fatme) (1957)Opera for the young in 4 acts based on Wilhelm Hauff's emponimous tale
Duration: 1200 minutes
English
Deutsch
Music Text
Walter Trelle (G)
Scoring
2S,A,2Bar,2B; 1.0.1.0-0.1.1.0-timp.perc-pft-acc-strings(without va)
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Sikorski
Availability
Roles
| El Hamid, a wealthy merchant | BASS |
| Mustapha, his son (later disguised as a doctor under the name Chankamkabudibaba) | BARITONE |
| Fatme, his daughter (called Mirza as a harem slave girl) | SOPRANO |
| Orbassan, captain of the desert bandits | BASS |
| Hassan, his adjutant (disguised as a merchant, later slave overseer) | BARITONE |
| Bassa of Thinli-Koss | BASS |
| The Old Woman, fortune-teller (also elder of the harem) | ALTO |
| Aischa (called Fatme in the harem), slave girl of the Bassa of Thinli-Koss | SOPRANO |
| Desert bandits, El Hamid’s servants, slaves, Fatme’s attendants, people | CHOIR |
Synopsis
Fatme, daughter of the wealthy merchant El Hamid, is abducted by corsairs and sold as a slave to the rich Pasha of Thinli-Koss for his harem. With the help of Orbassan — the essentially good-natured leader of the desert bandits — Fatme’s brother Mustapha manages to free her as well as the other enslaved women. After adventurous and also comical entanglements, three happily united couples ultimately triumph over the now-resigned Pasha.
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