| Type: | Opera |
| Composer: | Heinrich Marschner |
| Image Upright: | 1.2 |
| Translated Name: | The Baboo |
| Librettist: | Wilhelm August Wohlbrück |
| Based On: | Augustus Prinsep's The Baboo and Other Tales Descriptive of Society in India |
| Language: | German |
| Premiere Location: | Opernhaus Hannover |
Der Bäbu (The Baboo) is a Comic opera in three acts by Heinrich Marschner. The German libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück (Marschner's brother-in-law) is based on the book The Baboo and Other Tales Descriptive of Society in India, Smith, Elder, and Co., London 1834 by Augustus Prinsep. The first performance took place on 19 February 1838 in Hanover.
| Role | Voice type | Premiere,19 February 1838 |
|---|---|---|
| Bäbu Brischmohun Bonurschi | baritone | Traugott Gey |
| Nabob Jussuf Ali Khan | bass | |
| Dilafrose, his daughter | soprano | Adele Jazedé |
| Heinrich Forester | tenor | Eduard Holzmiller |
| Gosain, fakir | bass | |
| Eva Eldridge, his niece | soprano | |
| Friedrich Mosely | tenor | |
| Conductor | Heinrich Marschner | |
Marschner scored the opera for two piccolos and two flutes (not doubling), two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trombones, timpani, tamtam, and strings.
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