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Die Flut
(The Tide) (1946)Heinz von Cramer/English version by Dorothy de Reeder and Kurt Heinrich Hansen (G,E)
S,T,Bar,B-chamber chorus;
1.0.1.1-0.1.1.0-strings
Abbreviations (PDF)
Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock
Dresden
Company: Unknown
| THE FISHERMAN | Lyric baritone |
| THE GIRL | Lyric soprano |
| THE OLD BANKER | Character bass |
| THE YOUNG MAN | Lyric tenor |
| Chamber Choir |
On a sandbank near the wreck of a stranded old sailing ship. Today or yesterday
A small party of tourists is caught by the tide while having a look at a wreck on a sandbank. The banker, who is immensely rich, persuades the young man to swim to shore and get help, promising him a large fortune. The young girl wants to abandon herself to a romantic death in the arms of the fisherman. But the water disappears as quickly as it came. The young man, intoxicated by the sight of the money, kills the banker; the girl leaves the fisherman and follows the youth who is now rich.
Dramatic, Tragic