Syn
Mandarina
The Mandarin's Son; Le fils du mandarin; Der Sohn des Mandarins
A comic opera in one act
Composed by Cesar Cui
Libretto by Victor Krylov (with spoken dialogue)
Date
of composition: 1859
First Public Performance: St. Petersburg, Russia, 1878
Cast of Characters
- The Mandarin (Kau-Tsing): bass
- Innkeeper (Zinzingu): baritone
- Yedi, his daughter: soprano
- Muri, Innkeeper's servant: tenor
- Zai-Sang, Innkeeper's other servant:
bass (comic)
Setting: Action occurs in China, in an inn
Synopsis
Boy loves girl. Girl betrothed to
someone else. Boy caught with girl and loses job. Important guest arrives
who turns out to be boy's long lost father. Boy gets girl.
[Entire cast from a production ca. 1900]
Author: Lyle Neff, lneff@indiana.edu
Last Updated: July, 1996