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Deeply in debt to Omar, a moneylender, Abu Hassan and his wife come up with a scheme to fake their deaths in order to extract funeral money from the Caliph. Meanwhile, Omar tries to woo Hassan’s wife, Fatime, in exchange for canceling the debts. She gives him a noncommittal answer to evade his advances, making him angry. When the Caliph visits Hassan’s home and finds Hassan and his wife sitting on the couch, he is greatly confused. He offers one thousand gold coins to anyone who can say which of the two died first. Hearing this, Abu Hassan sits up abruptly and thanks the caliph, saying that it is he himself who died first and that he was revived because of Harun's virtue and supremacy. Subsequently, Fatime resuscitates and the Caliph gives Hassan one thousand gold coins as promised. Finally, Omar is hauled off to jail.

Show Information

Music
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
Category
Opera
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
1
Genres
Cast Size
small
Ideal For
Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Small Cast

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Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Abu Hassan

Lead

Male

Tenor

Omar

Lead

Male

Bass

Fatime

Lead

Female

Soprano

Caliph

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Zobeide

Supporting

Female

Spoken

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