Der Bäbu (The Baboo) is a Comic opera in three acts by Heinrich Marschner. The German libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück (Marschner's brother-in-law) is based on the book The Baboo and Other Tales Descriptive of Society in India, Smith, Elder, and Co., London 1834 by Augustus Prinsep. The first performance took place on 19 February 1838 in Hanover.
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere,19 February 1838Bäbu Brischmohun BonurschibaritoneTraugott GeyNabob Jussuf Ali KhanbassDilafrose, his daughtersopranoAdele JazedéHeinrich ForestertenorEduard HolzmillerGosain, fakirbassEva Eldridge, his niecesopranoFriedrich Moselytenor ConductorHeinrich Marschner
Instrumentation Marschner scored the opera for two piccolos and two flutes (not doubling), two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trombones, timpani, tamtam, and strings.
Recordings Overtura
References Notes
Sources Allen Dean Palmer, Heinrich August Marschner, 1795–1861: His life and stage works. Ann Arbor 1980 John Warrack and Ewan West. The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Oxford University Press 1992 Brigitta Weber, Heinrich Marschner. Königlicher Hofkapellmeister in Hannover. Hannover: Niedersächsische Staatstheater 1995. (Prinzenstraße. 5)
External links Der Bäbu – Neuburger Kammeroper 2018