title: Der Bäbu
text: # Der Bäbu
  
  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.
  
  ## Roles
  
  | 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 |
  
  ## Instrumentation
  
  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.
  
  ## Recordings
  
  * Overtura
  