La piccola Cubana

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1943 to 2012

[Translate to Englisch:] — *© Gianmarco Bresadola*

Vaudeville in five scenes by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

based on themes from the novel "Canción de Rachel" by Miguel Barnet

Arrangement for chamber ensemble based on the television opera "La Cubana or A Life for the Arts" (1973) by Jobst Liebrecht (2019)

Scene of action: La Habana
Time of action: 1959/60 (Background story)
1906 Tivoli 1910 Komet 1914 Circus 1927 Alhambra
1934 Farewell

In 1990/91 Hans Magnus Enzensberger and I wrote a reduced version of the television opera “La Cubana” intended in particular for stage performances that require fewer cha- racters (only singers) and significantly fewer instrumentalists. A single stage set sparsely decorated is sufficient. The piece takes place in Rachel’s flat shortly after the outbreak of the Cuban revolution. As well as a chamber ensemble, the piece requires, at most, only two actresses and two actors who may each play several secondary roles:
The reviewer/the telescope hirer/the senator/ the old man/Eusebio/Yarini/Paco/Federico/ Ofelia/Lucile
These actors/ actresses also play the parts of the witnesses who address the audience directly.

Hans Werner Henze

Rachel	soprano	a Caribbean beauty
Ofelia	parte parlata	Rachel’s maid
Eusebio	tenore	a young man from a wealthy family
Lucile	mezzosoprano	a young whore
Yarini		a pimp
Paco		a circus artist
Federico		a student
		a critic
	declamato intonato	a telescope hirer
Der Cimarrón		a blackman
		a senator
		an old man

1 Sassofono soprano	anche Sassofono contralto e Sassofono tenore
1 Clarinetto
1 Tromba
1 Trombone
Mandolino	anche Banjo tenore
Chitarra
Percussione	[per 1]
Pianoforte	anche Pianoforte preparato ad lib.
1 Contrabbasso

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November 2022

Alter Orchesterprobensaal · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Berlin · Deutschland

La Piccola Cubana

Wednesday

November 2022

Alter Orchesterprobensaal · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Berlin · Deutschland

La Piccola Cubana

Monday

October 2022

Alter Orchesterprobensaal · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Berlin · Deutschland

La Piccola Cubana

Saturday

October 2022

Alter Orchesterprobensaal · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Berlin · Deutschland

La Piccola Cubana

Thursday

October 2022

Alter Orchesterprobensaal · Staatsoper Unter den Linden · Berlin · Deutschland