L'Upupa and the Triumph of Filial Love

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1943 to 2012

Libretto by the composer
A German comedy in eleven tableaux from the Arabian
Commissioned by the Salzburg Festival

Period of composition 1999-2003
Duration 140 minutes

for René Bosc

1st part

1. Tableau The old man
2. Tableau Die Söhne
3. Tableau The demon
4. Tableau On the island of Pate
5. Tableau A conflict

2nd part

6. Tableau Kipungani
7. Tableau The old man (ii)
8. Tableau A raid
9. Tableau A reunion
10. Tableau The magic box – a ballet
11. Tableau Die blaue Stunde (Mysterium)

World premiere August 12th, 2003

Salzburg Kleines Festspielhaus Salzburger Festival
co-produced with Teatro Real Madrid and Deutsche Oper Berlin

Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker

Stage director Dieter Dorn
Stage and costume design Jürgen Rose
Conductor Markus Stenz

Badi’at el-Hosn wal Dschamàl	Soprano	The Jewich child
The demon	Tenor
Der old man (Al Radschi el-Din, named „confirmed bachelor“)	Baritone	Grand vizier of Manda, island of the black baboons
Malik	Mezzo soprano	The very old sultan of Pate
Dijab	Basso profondo	The old tyrant of Kipungani
Al Kasim („the sharing one“)	High Heldenbariton	Youngest son of the grand vizier
Adschib („the queer one“)	Countertenor	Brother of Al Kasim, a no-good
Gharib („the non-credible one“)	Buffo bass	Borther of Al Kasim, ein rascal

Unvisible and unaudible: the nameless dictator of Matandoni

A small mixed vocal group: gardeners, flowers, guardsr, Nubian soldiers, bailiffs (2 Sopr., 2 Mezzo., 2 Ten., 2 Basses)Occupants of the magic box: 3 avenging ghosts (gnomes)

3 Flutes	2° doubling Alto flute and Piccolo 3° doubling Bass flute and Piccolo
3 clarinets	3° doubling Bass clarinet
Oboe
Oboe d’amore
Cor anglais
3 Bassoons	3° doubling Double bassoon

4 Horns	4° doubling Wagnertuba
3 Trompets
3 Trombones	Alto, Tenor, Bass
Tuba

Timpani
Percussion	(5 Players)
I	Marimba
	5 Mokusho	Japanese rectangular wood blocks, very high, struck with wooden mallets), also doubling percussion II
	3 small Chinese Cymbals	(Gongs with glissando upward), soprano, alto, tenor, also dounling percussion II
	2 pairs of Castanets	(alto, bass), fixed
II	Glockenspiel
	5 Mokusho	doubling percussion I
	3 suspended Cymbals	small, medium, large
	Wood block	medium
	Hyoshigi	Pair of Japanese rectangular Wood blocks
	3 Bongos	high, medium, low
	3 small chinese Cymbals	doubling für 1. Schlagzeug
	Snare Drum
	Matraca	alto
III	Crotales
	2 Gongs	medium, low
	12 chromatic Temple Blocks
	Binsasara	Japanese Rattle
	Chocolho
	Tambourine
	Sistrum
	Guiro
	3 Wood Blocks
	Tam-Tam	low
IV	6 Tom-Toms
	Tam-Tam	low
	Log Drum	large
	Matraca	soprano
	Flexatone
	2 Thai Gliss-Gongs
V	Bass Drum with Cymbal
	2 Gliss-Gings	Beijing
	Guiro
	Matraca	bass
	2 Pairs of Castanets	soprano and alto, fixed
	Gong	low
2 Harps
Piano*

Strings

Pre-produced tape, „Bruitage“

*Use definitely a grand piano, and be it just a baby grand. (HWH)

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L'Upupa and the Triumph of Filial Love

(L’Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe)

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see also

L’Upupa

Five Messages for the Queen of Saba

The Twilight Hour (Die blaue Stunde)

L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe

Hans Werner Henze, L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe

Hans Werner Henze und seine Zeit

L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe

Der Flügelschlag der Zeit: Henze im neuen Jahrtausend

L' Upupa

L'Upupa: Nachtstücke aus dem Morgenland

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