Rabaud, Henri

Rabaud, Henri – Mârouf, Savetier du Caire, Opéra-comique en 5 actes (complete opera score, French libretto, 2 volumes)

(b. Paris, November 10, 1873 – d. Paris, September 11, 1949)

Opéra comique en 5 actes

Mârouf – Baritone / Tenor
Fattoumah the Calamitous, Mârouf’s Wife – Soprano
The Sultan of Khaïtân – Bass
Princess Saamcheddine, the Sultan’s Daughter – Soprano
The Vizier – Baritone
Ali – Baritone
The Fellah – Ténor
The pastry cook Ahmad – Bass
First Merchant – Ténor
Second Merchant – Bass
The Qadi – Bass
A Donkey Driver – Ténor
Chief Sailor, and a Muezzin – Tenor
A Muezzin – Tenor
Mamelouks – Basses
Policemen – Basses or tenors

Cairo, Khaïtân and in the desert, in legendary times.

Preface
“This charming turcerie, in which the librettist Mr. Mardrus’ work is handled with ease, has been given the appropriate music by Mr. Henri Rabaud. Its characteristic feature, let us repeat, is its grace. This quality is so rare that even the most discerning listeners would not despise it.” (Adolphe Boschot in Echo de Paris)

Mârouf is a henpecked husband. When his wife asks him to buy some honey-sweetened Kanafeh, he instead brings her a sugar-spiced cake, because our hero is poor. Furious, his wife claims that her husband has mistreated her and drags him to court. …

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