GARABONCIÁS

(The Travelling Singers)

(1943) (Music by Franz Lehàr - Book and lyrics by Innocent Vincze Ernö)

Synopsis

Garabonciás is a wandering scholar who enthralls Sarika, the daughter of a rich landowner, who is already engaged. On the advice of her nurse she takes a drink which will disclose the future for her in a dream. She sees the scholar and his wife, first well-off, later destitute and joining the gipsies. On awakening she is now glad to stay with her family and the man to whom she is engaged.

Principals:

3 Female, 3 Male, SATB Chorus.

Sets: 3

Orchestra: 2222/4331/Timp/Pere/Hp/Strings

Language Version: H