Der Barbier von Bagdad

from Peter Cornelius


Libretto

Peter Cornelius

Premiere

15 December 1858, Weimar (Hoftheater)

Cast

NUREDDIN (tenor)
BOSTANA (mezzo-soprano)
ABDUL HASSAN ALI EBN BEKAR (the barber) (bass)
MARGIANA (soprano)
THE CADI BABA MUSTAPHA (tenor)
THE CALIPH (baritone)
A SLAVE (tenor)
3 MUEZZINS (2 tenor and 1 bass)
4 ARMED MEN (2 tenor and 2 bass)

CHORUS
servants of Nuredsdin, friends of the Cadi, people of Baghdad, mourning woman, followers of the Caliph

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Time

Composer

Cornelius, Peter