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Photo: Eduard Straub
Blacher, Boris
Die Flut
(The Tide) (1946)Chamber opera in one act
Duration: 40 minutes
English
Deutsch
Music Text
Heinz von Cramer/English version by Dorothy de Reeder and Kurt Heinrich Hansen (G,E)
Scoring
S,T,Bar,B-chamber chorus;
1.0.1.1-0.1.1.0-strings
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
B&B
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
04/03/1947Dresden
Company: Unknown
Roles
THE FISHERMAN | Lyric baritone |
THE GIRL | Lyric soprano |
THE OLD BANKER | Character bass |
THE YOUNG MAN | Lyric tenor |
Chamber Choir |
Time and Place
On a sandbank near the wreck of a stranded old sailing ship. Today or yesterday
Synopsis
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.
Moods
Dramatic, Tragic
Subjects