Katalog Catalogue 2011 - Verlagsgruppe Hermann

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THE CARNIVAL IN ROME
Operetta in 3 acts – RV 502A/B/C
Libretto: Josef Braun, Richard Genée and Max Steiner
after the comedy „Piccolino“
by Victorien Sardou
PLOT
Art (with religious, even anti-religious touches) can
be a principle in life: it can also be a starting point for
an operetta. This one is set in the second half of the
nineteenth century. In a remote village, Marie has a
liaison with the painter Arthur who is passing through.
When he continues on his travels to Rome, he leaves
behind a portrait he painted of Marie. Now a train of
events with many extra characters is set in motion,
But the journey there is as protracted as it is preposterous
and complicated. Marie has to sell her picture
mation
in hints and accompany her; likewise the Falconi
ducal couple with the maniacally jealous Count.
Feelings, irritations, visions, passions and human
weaknesses collide together in a melting pot called
carnival and bubble incessantly. Disguises, decep-
No-one can tear himself away from the half-insane
slipstream of the carnival bustle until Arthur again
recognizes the love of his
THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS VOLUME
lie in the reconstruction of individual numbers from
version A which can now be performed again. The
present publication makes available an outstanding
time, a highpoint of the work.
nuscript
libretto by Josef Braun (version Ø) completes
the documentation about the genesis of the different
versions of the text.
STAGE WORKS / THE CARNIVAL IN ROME
BÜHNENWERKE / DER KARNEVAL IN ROM
SCORING
Kol.-Sopr., 2 Sopr., 4 Ten., Bar., 12 Chorsoli (5 Sopr.,
musik:
2 Trp. (F), Kindertrompeten; alle Bläser und
PLACE AND TIME OF THE PLOT
Act 1: Firstly in a mountain village in the Alps
Act 2: In Rome; Scene 1: a public square in Rome
Scene 2: the court of the home for elderly gentlewomen
and hotel garden
Act 3: In Rome; Scene 1: Arthur’s artist’s studio
Scene 2: a public square in Rome
First performance: 1 March 1873, Vienna,
Theater an der Wien
duration: c. 2.5 hours
MATERIALS
Full Score: edited by Michael Rot
ISMN M-006-61003-4, publisher’s catalogue number:
118A502A/B/C O available on sale: 498 Euros/
complete subscription -20%, part subscription -15%
Vocal score, choral score: supplementary editions,
newly created and edited by Michael Rot,
publisher’s catalogue number: 198B502 A/B/C
available on sale: paperback 87 Euros
Libretto: available separately and taken from the
chapter ‘Libretto’ in the full score, publisher’s catalogue
number: 101A502 A/B/C
available on sale: 34 Euros
Performance material: available on hire from Alkor
Edition Kassel
comprising full score, vocal score, choral score, libretto
and orchestral parts (including duplicates
8/7/6/5/5)
JOHANN STRAUSS