The Mandarin's Son (Cui, César)

		Movements/Sections 1 act (overture + 10 numbers) Composition Year 1859 Genre Categories Comic operas; Stage Works; Operas; For voices, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Russian language

Scores

• Full Scores (1)
• Vocal Scores (13)

Full Scores

Overture

 Overture
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Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: D. Rahter, n.d.

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. (after 1933).

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Vocal Scores

Russian / French

 Complete Score
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Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.[1888]. Plate 1795.

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 Title page and preliminaries
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 Overture (piano four-hands)
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 1. Duet (soprano and tenor)
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 2. Comic Aria (bass)
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 3. Quartet (soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass)
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 4. Aria (soprano)
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 5. March
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 6. Duet (baritone and bass)
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 7. Aria (bass)
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 8. Duet and Trio (soprano, tenor and bass)
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 9. Romance (baritone)
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 10. Quintet (soprano, tenor, baritone, and the two basses)
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Leipzig: D. Rahter, 1888. Plate 1795.1445

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General Information

Work Title	The Mandarin's Son
Alternative Title	Сын мандарина ; Le fils du Mandarin

Composer	Cui, César
Movements/Sections	1 act (overture + 10 numbers)
Year/Date of Composition	1859
First Performance	St. Petersburg, 6 March 1859 (private) St. Petersburg, Artists' Club, 19 December 1878 (public)
First Publication	1859
Librettist	Viktor Alexandrovich Krylov (1838–1906) [uncredited on score]
Language	Russian
Dedication	A Madame Malvina Cui
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voices with orchestra

Misc. Comments

Section Listing

Overture
No.1. Duet (soprano and tenor)
No.2. Comic Aria (bass)
No.3. Quartet (soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass)
No.4. Aria (soprano)
No.5. March
No.6. Duet (baritone and bass)
No.7. Aria (bass)
No.8. Duet and Trio (soprano, tenor and bass)
No.9. Romance (baritone)
No.10. Quintet (soprano, tenor, baritone, and the two basses)

Publication History

The original printing of the piano-vocal score (lacking the dialogue between numbers) was in St. Petersburg by Büttner, 1859; the bilingual version based on the same engraving was issued (with the dialogue added) from Leipzig by Rahter, [1879]. The overture was published in full score, the orchestration of which evidently owes much to Balakirev.

External Links

• Wikipedia article

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Operas by César Cui
Neuhausen Castle (1859, unfinished) Prisoner of the Caucasus (1857–58, rev. 1881–82, 1885) The Mandarin's Son (1859) William Ratcliff (1861–68) Mlada (1872, Act I only) Angelo (1871–75) Le flibustier (1888–89) The Saracen (1896–98) Feast in Time of Plague (1899~1900?)	Undina (1900–04?, unfinished) Mademoiselle Fifi (1902–03) The Snow Bogatyr (1905) Mateo Falcone (1906–07) The Captain's Daughter (1907–09) Little Red Riding-Hood (1911) Ivan the Fool (1913) Puss-in-Boots (1913)