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Program

Carl Maria von Weber, Oberon

I: "Leicht, wie Feentritt nur geht"

Overture

I: "Warum musst du schlafen"

I: "Ehre und Heil dem, der treu ist"

I: "Von Jugend auf in dem Kampfgefild'"

I: "Eil, edler Held!"

I: "O welches Glück!"

I: "Dunkel ist es schon und spät"

II: "Ehre! Ehre sei dem mächt'gen Kalifen"

II: Ballett

II: "Arabiens einsam Kind"

II: "Über die blauen Wogen"

II: "Geister der Luft und Erd' und See"

II: "Vater! Hör' mich flehn zu dir!"

II: "Ozean, du Ungeheuer!"

II: Oberon’s arrival (and dialogue)

II: "Sieh, die Meermädchen!...O wie wogt es sich schön"

II: "Wer blieb' im korallenen Schacht"

III: "Arabien, mein Heimatland"

III: "An dem Strande der Garonne"

III: "So muss ich mich verstellen?"

III: "Trauere, mein Herz"

III: "Für dich hat Schönheit sich geschmücket"

III: "Horch! Welch Wunderklingen!"

III: Marsch

III: "O Herr! Seinem geschworenen Eid getreu" - "Heil sei dem Helden"

Weber's Oberon

Nikolaus Habjan (stage director), Ivor Bolton (conductor) — With Julian Prégardien (Oberon), Alyona Abramova (Puck), Anna El-Khashem (Sea Girl)...

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Cast

Nikolaus Habjan — Stage director

Jakob Brossmann — Set designer

Denise Heschl — Costumes

Rainer Karlitschek — Dramaturgy

Julian Prégardien — Oberon

Alyona Abramova — Puck

Anna El-Khashem — Sea Girl

Program notes

Oberon, a three-act romantic opera by Carl Maria von Weber, was first staged at London's Covent Garden in 1826—the final year of Weber's life—with an English-language libretto by James Robinson Planché that drew its inspiration in the medieval epic Huon of Bordeaux. Under the always colorful and lively direction of Ivor Bolton, the orchestra brings brio and vigor to this 2017 production at the Munich Opera. The maestro has a gift for breathing life back into neglected repertoire, and he does so with aplomb here, vividly evoking the title character's poetic lyre.

The figure of Oberon has inspired more than one genius: the fairy king in the work of Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream) is also Alberich, ruler of the Nibelungen race of dwarves in Wagner's Ring cycle. According to medieval legend, Oberon helps Huon of Bordeaux in his feats and exploits—for he wields magical powers that can rescue travelers who lose their way in the woods. In the heart of magical forests and maddening labyrinths, Oberon is the guardian of love, representing all the possibilities of the night...

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Oberon

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