| Other author/creator | Klabund, 1890-1928, librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Behle, Renate, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Lindsley, Celina, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ottenthal, Gertrud, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Schreckenbach, Gabriele, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Borris, Kaja, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Goldberg, Reiner, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Peter, Uwe, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Lorenz, Siegfried, 1945- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Helm, Hans, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hermann, Roland, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Saks, Gidon, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Mok, Warren, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Morgny, Bengt-Ola, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Matić, Peter, speaker. |
| Other author/creator | Soltesz, Stefan, 1949-2022, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Morgener, Jörg, writer of added commentary. |
| Other author/creator | Weber, Horst, 1944- writer of added commentary. |
| Other author/creator | Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, performer. |
| Contents |
Disc 1 (72:32). Erster Akt = Act one. "Ich bitte untertänigst, mich vorstellen zu dürfen" = "I most humbly beg to be allowed to introduce myself" (Tong, Mädchen) (3:37) -- "Mein Schwester naht, die Dämmerung" = "My sister, dusk, approaches" (Tong, Haitang, Frau Tschang) (7:38) -- "Ich habe Dich, Schwester, gesucht" = "Sister, I have been searching for you" (Tschang-Ling, Haitang, Frau Tschang, Tong) (3:40) -- "Am Ufer hinter Weiden" = "On the bank behind the willows" (Haitang) (1:59) -- "Ich bin ein Abenteurer" = "I am an adventurer" (Pao) (0:57) -- "Ich hörte eine Nachtigall" = "I heard a nightingale" (Pao, Haitang) (4:57) -- "Hier ist ein Stück Kreide" = "Here is a piece of chalk" (Haitang, Pao) (5:06) -- "Mein Name ist Ma" = "My name is Ma" (Ma) (2:19) -- "Eine neue Blume im Garten des Herrn Tong" = "A new flower in Mr. Tong's garden" (Ma, Tong, Pao, Haitang) (5:08) -- Zweiter Akt = Act two. Vorspiel = Prelude (0:55) -- "Mein Name ist Yü-Pei" = "My name is Yu-Pei" (Frau Ma, Tschao) (6:31) -- "Ich bat dich bei unserer letzten Zusammenkunft" = "At our last meeting I begged you" (Frau Ma, Tschao) (1:47) -- "Tschao-hai nennt man mich" = "I am called Chow-hai" (Tschao, Ma) (4:27) -- "Ich bitte Platz zu nehmen" = "Please be seated" (Ma, Tschao, Frau Ma) (2:08) -- "Nun bin ich gegangen" = "Now I have gone" (Tschang-Ling) (3:48) -- "Was will der fremde Mann am Zaun?" = "What does the stranger at the fence want?" (Haitang, Tschang-Ling) (4:59) -- "Sie sprachen am Gartenzaun" = "You were speaking at the garden fence" (Frau Ma, Haitang) (2:49) -- "Darf ich eine Frage an meinen Herrn richten?" = "May I address a question to my lord?" (Frau Ma, Ma, Haitang) (5:39) -- "Sie wollen Tee trinken, gnädiger Herr?" = "Will you take tea, sir?" (Frau Ma, Haitang, Ma) (1:36) -- "Mein lieber Mann" = "My dear husband" (Haitang, Frau Ma, Tschao, Ein Polizist, Tschang-Ling) (2:15). |
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Disc 2 (51:40). Dritter Akt = Act three. Vorspiel = Prelude (1:44) -- "Mein Name ist Tschu-tschu" = My name is Chu-chu" (Tschu-Tschu) (2:17) -- "Ich bitte um Vergebung" = "I beg your forgiveness" (Tschao, Tschu-Tschu) (1:32) -- "Vorsicht, treten Sie nicht in den Kreidekreis" = "Take care, don't tread in the chalk circle" (Frau Ma, Hebamme, Zwei Kulis) (5:19) -- "Tschang-Haitang, Tochter des Tschang" = "Chang-Haitang, daughter of Chang" (Haitang, Frau Ma, Tschu-Tschu) (3:29) -- "Wir wollen zu diesem Punkt vernehmen" = "On this point we wish to examine" (Tschu-Tschu, Hebamme, Frau Ma, Haitang) (2:55) -- "Hoher Gerichtshof" = "Noble court of justice" (Zwei Kulis, Haitang, Tschu-Tschu, Frau Ma) (1:37) -- "Himmlisches Licht" = "Heavenly light" (Haitang, Frau Ma, Tschu-Tschu, Kurier, Tschang-Ling) (5:26) -- Zwischenspiel = Episode (1:14) -- "Soldat, Du bist mein Kamerad" = "Soldier, you are my comrade" (1. & 2. Soldat, Haitang) (2:01) -- "Höre mich, Sturm!" = "Hear me, storm!" (Haitang, 1., 2., 3., 4. Soldat, Tschang-Ling) (3:39) -- "Soldat, Du bist mein Kamerad" = "Soldier, you are my comrade" (1. Soldat) (1:36) -- "Hier auf den Stufen meines Tribunals" = "Here on the steps of my tribunal" (Kaiser, Tschang-Ling, Tschu-Tschu) (3:15) -- "Diese Dame soll ihren Mann ermordet..." = "This lady is to have murdered her husband" (Kaiser, Tschu-Tschu, Tschao, Haitang, Frau Ma) (2:40) -- "Und nun, Ihr beiden Frauen" = "And now, you two women" (Kaiser) (1:11) -- "Ich habe dieses Kind unter meinem Herzen getragen" = "I have carried this child under my heart" (Haitang, Kaiser, Frau Ma, Tschao, Tschu-Tschu) (3:19) -- "Mein Kind! Mein Kind!" = "My child! My child!" (Haitang, Kaiser) (2:11) -- "In jener Nacht" = "Do you remember the night" (Kaiser, Haitang) (4:37) -- "Mein Mondkind! Mein Sonnenkind!" = "My moon-child! My sun-child!" (Kaiser, Haitang) (1:28). |
| General note | Opera in 3 acts. |
| General note | Edition recorded: Wien: Universal Edition. |
| General note | Co-Produktion RSO Berlin-RIAS-Capriccio. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Program notes by Jörg Morgener and Horst Weber, biographical notes on the conductor, synopsis, and libretto in German with English translation (90 pages : portraits) laid in container. |
| Performer |
Renate Behle, Celina Lindsley, Gertrud Ottenthal, soprano ; Gabriele Schreckenbach, Kaja Borris, alto ; Reiner Goldberg, Uwe Peter, Warren Mok, Bengt-Ola Morgny, tenor ; Siegfried Lorenz, Hans Helm, Gidon Saks, baritone ; Roland Hermann, bass baritone ; Peter Matić ; Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ; Stefan Soltesz, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany, 1990 February 12-16. |
| Language | Sung in German. |
| LCCN | 92760647 |
| Standard identifier# |
4006408600169 |
| Publisher number | 60 016 Capriccio |
| Publisher number | 60 016-1 Capriccio (disc 1) |
| Publisher number | 60 016-2 Capriccio (disc 2 and container) |