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- Manuel de Falla
El Retablo de Maese Pedro (1922)
(Master Peter's Puppet Show)- Chester Music Ltd (World)
- 12+ca.11/2100/perc/hp.hpd/str
- Soprano (boy), Tenor, Bass-baritone
- 30 min
- after Cervantes
- English, French, German, Spanish
Programme Note
SYNOPSIS
The story is taken from the second part of Don Quixote. A travelling showman arrives at the inn where Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are resting and puts on a performance with his puppet theatre, enacting the tale of the rescue of a Spanish princess from Moorish captivity by a knight from Charlemagne’s court. The narrator tells the story with such convincing involvement that during the final pursuit of the escaping couple, Don Quixote, himself, launches into the attack on the puppet pursuers, cutting them to shreds.
The story is taken from the second part of Don Quixote. A travelling showman arrives at the inn where Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are resting and puts on a performance with his puppet theatre, enacting the tale of the rescue of a Spanish princess from Moorish captivity by a knight from Charlemagne’s court. The narrator tells the story with such convincing involvement that during the final pursuit of the escaping couple, Don Quixote, himself, launches into the attack on the puppet pursuers, cutting them to shreds.
Media
Features
- The Centenary of the premiere of El retablo de maese Pedro by de Falla in 2023
- In 1923, the premiere of Manuel de Falla’s masterly puppet opera El retablo de maese Pedro (1922) was staged – in 2023 the seminal piece by de Falla celebrates its Centenary.