A romantic and fairy opera.


Libretto by

James Robinson PLANCHÉ


Music by

Carl Maria VON WEBER


First performance: 12 April 1826, London, Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.

CHARACTERS

Description, name
[sex]		 Voice type
[first performer, sex]		 

Charlemagne

king of the Franks   [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Austin,  ♂ ]

  

Sir Huon

of Bourdeaux, duke of Guienne   [ ♂ ]

  

tenor
[ John Braham,  ♂ ]

  

Sherasmin

his squire   [ ♂ ]

  

baritone
[ John Fawcett,  ♂ ]

  

Haroun Alraschid, Caliph

  [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Chapman,  ♂ ]

  

Babekan

a Saracen prince   [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Baker,  ♂ ]

  

Almanzor

emir of Tunis   [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ John Cooper,  ♂ ]

  

First Saracen

  [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Evans,  ♂ ]

  

Second Saracen

  [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Atkins,  ♂ ]

  

Third Saracen

  [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Ryals,  ♂ ]

  

Fourth Saracen

  [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Tinney,  ♂ ]

  

Abdallah

(a corsair)   [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Horrebow,  ♂ ]

  

Oberon

king of the fairies   [ ♂ ]

  

tenor
[ Charles Bland,  ♂ ]

  

Puck

  [ ♂ ]

  

mezzo-soprano
[ Harriet Cawse,  ♀ ]

  

Fairy

  [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ Henry,  ♂ ]

  

Captain

of a vessel   [ ♂ ]

  

other
[ John Isaacs,  ♂ ]

  

Negro Slave

  [ ♂ ]

  

bass
[ Griffiths,  ♂ ]

  

First mermaid

  [ ♀ ]

  

mezzo-soprano
[ Mary Ann Goward,  ♀ ]

  

Second mermaid

  [ ♀ ]

  

mezzo-soprano
[ ?,  ♀ ]

  

Titania

queen of the fairies   [ ♀ ]

  

other
[ Smith,  ♀ ]

  

 

Reiza

daughter of Haroun   [ ♀ ]

  

soprano
[ Mary Ann Paton,  ♀ ]

  

Fatima

her attendant   [ ♀ ]

  

mezzo-soprano
[ Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi Vestris,  ♀ ]

  

Roshana

wife of Almanzor   [ ♀ ]

  

contralto
[ Maria Anne Lacy,  ♀ ]

  

Namouna

Fatima's grandmother   [ ♀ ]

  

other
[ Mary Ann Davenport,  ♀ ]

  

Nadina

a female of Almanzor's haram   [ ♀ ]

  

other
[ Wilson,  ♀ ]

  

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Act I Act II Act III

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