Chamber operas at Ricordi Munich

• La Bohème
• Zaza

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La Bohème

Opera in four acts by Ruggero Leoncavallo

Text and dramaturgical adaptation: Barbara Hass from Ruggero Leoncavallo
Musical adaptation: Malte Kroidl

Premiere of this version: 23rd October 2002, Hamburg Chamber Opera

Cast

Marcello, an Italian artist living in Paris (Tenor)
Rodolfo, an Italian poet living in Paris (Baritone)
Mimi (Soprano)
Musette (Mezzo-soprano)
Schaunard (Baritone)
Eugénie (Mezzo-soprano)
Waiter in Café Momus

2 Violins
Viola
Violoncello
Flute
Clarinet
Piano

Duration: 2 hours

With the collapse of her dreams for a self determined life, she begins to recognise the borders of her ideas and utopias. From the “not yet” a “not any more” takes it’s place, as everything disappears, before it could be properly realised. (Andreas Franz)

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Zazà

Opera in four acts by Ruggero Leoncavallo

Text and dramaturgical adaptation: Barbara Hass from Ruggero Leoncavallo
Musical adaptation: Malte Kroidl

Premiere of this version: 20th October 1999, Hamburg Chamber Opera

Cast
Zazà (Soprano)
Milio Dufresne (Tenor)
Cascart (Baritone)
Anaide/ Madame Dufresne (Mezzo-soprano)
Floriane (Soprano)
Bussy/ Marco, servant in the house of Dufresne (Baritone)
Madeleine (Chanson)
Courtois
Totò Dufresne

2 Violins
Viola
Violoncello
Flute
Clarinet
Piano

Duration: 2 hours

A rediscovery. Hearty jokes and furious opera madness dissolve into each other. The awkward seam of the caricature never comes apart. (Die Welt)

It is this Zazá who solves the relationship, and who doesn’t seek suicide to free herself of her suffering, as is usual in this opera. The feel of emancipation that is suggested, enables this work to stand out in these times. (Programme Hamburg Chamber Opera 1999)

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