Aladdin is a Danish opera by Christian Frederik Emil Horneman. It was premiered in Copenhagen on the 19th of November 1888, and revised 1902. The overture had been premiered in 1865.

Roles

Aladdin – tenor

Gulnare – soprano

Noureddin – bass-baritone

Sultan – bass

Vizier – bass

Morgiane – Hanne Fischer, mezzo-soprano

Genie of the Lamp – bass

Genie of the Ring – mezzo-soprano

Handmaidens – soprano, mezzo-soprano

Elves – soprano, mezzo-soprano

Messenger – Jakob Soelberg, bass-baritone

Choir

Recording

complete recording Bror Magnus Tödenes, Denise Beck, Johann Reuter, Stephen Milling, Hanne Fischer, Danish National Radio Symphony Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Schønwandt rec. 2020, Danish Radio Concert Hall 3CD Da Capo.

Aladdin (Horneman opera)

References

Operas

1888 operas

Danish-language operas

Works based on Aladdin

Music based on One Thousand and One Nights

Operas based on fairy tales

Aladdin (Horneman opera)