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 Marie Grubbe

Opera in 2 acts by Ebbe Hamerik

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Ebbe Hamerik 1898-1951

Marie Grubbe
Opera in 2 acts (12 scenes)

Libretto by Fredrik Nygaard

First performed at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen on 17 May 1940

[ 1 ] Act 1. Scene 1 Prelude 1:22
[ 2 ] Scene 2 At Tjele, February 1660 6:24
[ 3 ] Scene 3 Apartments at Rosenborg, March 1660 4:54
[ 4 ] Scene 4 Rude Stald, July 1661 5:47
[ 5 ] Scene 5 Frederiksborg Palace park, 1663 4:39 - Sound bites: MP3 / Help
[ 6 ] Scene 6 At Aakershus, Kristiania 1665 5:32
[ 7 ] Act 2. Scene 7 A house abroad. Summer 1672 7:37
[ 8 ] Scene 8 At Tjele 1672, harvest time 11:02
[ 9 ] Scene 9 At Tjele, winter a few years later 7:57
[10] Scene 10 At Nørbækgaard the following spring 10:10 - Sound bites: MP3 / Help
[11] Scene 11 Ribe Market, early summer 1693 10:55
[12] Scene 12 Cottage, Grønsund Ferry, 1712 1:34

Erik Grubbe of TjeleMogens Wedel
Marie Grubbe, his daughterInge Frey
Regitze Grubbe, Erik Grubbe's sisterLillian Weber Hansen
Søren, farm hand at Tjele, later bailiffNiels Møller
Stig Høeg, magistrateJørgen Paulsen
Palle Dyre of SindinggaardAlf Andersen
Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, captainHenry Skjær
Klaus, his manservant and jesterMarius Jacobsen
Queen Sofie AmalieDorothy Larsen
Countess ParsbergKate Møller
Jørgen Ahrenfeldt of RugaardPoul Wiedemann
Karen FiolKirsten Thrane Petersen
DeaconEinar Kristjansson
HangmanClaus Lembek

Smith, bass
A priest, bass
A watchman, tenor
Virtue, soprano
Landlord at Rude Stald, bass
A brothel keeper, contralto
A licentious girl, contralto
1st cavalier, tenor
2nd cavalier, bass
3rd cavalier, bass
Bodil, maid at Tjele, soprano

The Danish National Radio Choir
The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Martellius Lundqvist, Conductor
This recording is made in cooperation with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.