Ero s onoga svijeta
- Mića / Ero transcribed Mitscha, a young man from a neighboring village ( Tenorbuffo )
- Đula transcribed Djula ( lyric soprano )
- Marko, a rich farmer, Đulas father ( basso buffo )
- Doma, his wife, Đulas stepmother ( alto or mezzo-soprano)
- Sima, the Miller (baritone )
- Boy ( child's voice )
- Servant (Tenor)
- Girls, Women, fruit traders, merchants, shepherds, lads and children (chorus and supernumeraries )
Ero the rogue ( original title Ero s onoga svijeta ) is a comic opera in three acts of the Croatian composer Jakov Gotovac. The libretto was written by his countryman Milan Begovic. It is based on the folk tale and the Fastnachtspiel The farent students into the paradise of Hans Sachs, only the action was transferred to the Herzegovina. Gotovac conjoining music elements of Dalmatia up to Kosovo. The opera was premiered on November 2, 1935 in Zagreb, the Croatian National Theatre. At the desk, the composer was himself The opera was very well received by the audience, ripped from Zagreb Music critics, however. So Lujo Safranek Kavić wrote in the newspaper Jutarnji list: " And again, a Croat who wrote an opera for nothing ." In contrast, the Opera of Belgrade music critics was hailed as a masterpiece of local music. In Belgrade, the opera was played with 200 performances also the longest. In Germany the work was for the first time on 3 April 1938 in Karlsruhe on the stage. According to statistics from Opera Ero base is the rogue still the most listed popular music theater work in Croatia.
Orchestra
Three flutes, two oboes, an English horn, three clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, bass tuba, a, a timpani, drums, harp, piano and strings, to an organ for the incidental music
Action
The opera is set in a rural village in Herzegovina at harvest time, where it remains unclear whether in the present or in the past, as radnja se zbiva u maloj városi, negde u Hercegovini, u ranu jesen u vrijeme vladavine osmanlijske Turske, u vrijeme današnje kao i ono sto godina od prije - the action takes place in a small village, somewhere in Herzegovina, in early autumn during the reign of Ottoman Turkey, at the present time as in that a hundred years ago. Also the name of the main character, Ero, points to the Herzegovina, but this is a nickname for a Herzegovinians.
Act I
On the threshing floor
Mitscha is a rich young man, who had long longs for a woman. But they are very picky. Every time he thinks he has found the right one, he will not shake the feeling that they do not, but just loves him his money.
In the barn just the maids of the peasant Marko are going to work with the grain flails. Maybe he'll find even among them a suitable bride for him. Mitscha hiding on the haystack. When he sees the opportunity came, he jumps down to the floor and pretends to be a have-not Ero, who has fallen from a different world from the sky. Instant kindled his heart for Djula, the daughter of the rich peasants Marko. He put her to the test and told her the hair-raising story, her real mother was determined that he should be her husband again. As Djulas shrewish stepmother Doma shows up, he also served her on a fairy tale and managed to get them out of pity gives him a stocking full of gold coins. He is looking into the distance.
As Djulas father arrives and hears what has happened, he is very angry. Enraged, he sets out on a quest to Ero.
Second Act
In the mill
Glad Gelaunt paints the miller Sima the grain. The maids are in a hurry and can not wait until they get their flour. Also make Djula and her stepmother in the mill and deliver from their grain. Doma is still very upset that she's fallen for a crook. Although Djula makes every effort to calm her stepmother, but it does not succeed. Angry Doma runs from the mill.
Djula pours her heart out to the miller, and this gives her comfort. When she tries to leave the mill, reappears Mitscha, this time disguised as a miller apprentice. Even comes the furious Marko added, still in search of Ero. He does not recognize him in his disguise and asked him even after the swindler. Ero - Mitscha is never at a loss for an answer. Without hesitation, he told him that he had seen the Dodger, as he went into the forest. Immediately rushes after him Marko.
Djula and Mitscha confess their love. Because Djula after all that has happened, no longer trusts home, the couple decides to flee. Djula has passed the love test.
Act Three
At the fair
At the fair there is a lively atmosphere. But of Marco Doma and do not get infected. Marco throws to his wife still, they should have better buy from their savings something worthwhile, instead of giving the money to a scammer. Sima, the Müller added. He tells Marco, his daughter lead in the neighboring village a happy life with a certain Mitscha. But still she longed to see her father again. However, the couple did not dare to visit him, without being invited. Because Marco yearns for his daughter, he sends a messenger to the same matter with the invitation.
When everyone at the carnival and meet the whole truth about Mitschas game comes to light as Ero, a general reconciliation is spreading. Marco announced that he would the young couple to host a magnificent wedding feast. Merry choirs and dances end the opera.