'' Der Bäbu '' (''The Baboo'') is a

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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

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Roles

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 *

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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
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