retablo de maese Pedro, El
Classification added June 9, 2016Premiered June 25, 1923 (complete staged performance)
Paris, France. The home of Princess Edmond de Polignac
Composer:
Manuel de Falla
Original Language:
Spanish
Librettist:
Manuel de Falla, after Cervantes
Description:
Opera in Six Scenes
Notes:
from an episode in Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote
Time Period:
17th Century
Place:
Spain
Classification key
- L – Leading
- F – Featured
- S – Supporting
- B – Solo Bit
- CB – Chorus Bit
- MB – Mute Bit
| Role | Voice Part | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| (singing roles) | ||
| The Boy | Treble | L |
| Don Quixote | Baritone | L |
| Master Peter | Tenor | F |
| (mute roles)* | ||
| Sancho Panza | silent | |
| Innkeeper | silent | |
| Page | silent | |
| Scholar | silent | |
| Man carrying the lances | silent | |
| (puppet roles)* ** | ||
| Charlemagne | silent | |
| Don Gayferos | silent | |
| Don Roland | silent | |
| Melisendra | silent | |
| King Marsilius | silent | |
| Moor | silent | |
| * None of the silent roles have been classified, as their importance and action will vary in each production. | ||
| ** A notation in the score states that the puppet roles can be either large puppets, or actors wearing masks. | ||
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Minimum Chorus: No chorus