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La Leçon de Chant électromagnétique (Richter version)
(Die elektromagnetische Gesangsstunde / The Electromagnetic Singing Lesson) (1867)Bouffonnerie-musicale in one act
Duration: 25 minutes
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Music Text
Libretto by Ernest Bourget; new German version by Josef Heinzelmann with musical arrangement by Caspar Richter (F,G)
Scoring
T,Bar;
picc.1.1.1.1-1.1.1.0-timp.perc-strings
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Bote & Bock
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World premiere of version
22/04/1977Frankfurt a.M.
Company: unknown
Roles
| PACIFICO TOCCATO, Italian singing teacher | Baritone |
| HANS SCHLAUHEIMER, a man from the countryside | Tenor |
Time and Place
A theatre, a concert hall. The heyday of belcanto, ie yesterday, today and always
Synopsis
Pacifico Toccato and his sensational nervo-electro-magnetic method can in a second turn you into another Pavarotti or the next Callas: subito, attacca, senza pausa!
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Comic
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