Muerte y despedida del Dios Brotan

Marcos Mundstock:

The informal instruments ensemble Les Luthiers must perform during this concert works already spread of the famous composer Johann Sebastian Mastropiero, of his most outstanding students and also of those composers who, without having been students of Mastropiero or having directly received his influence, show by the clarity and the strength of their works... not even having known him.

This is the case of Hans Glockenkrantz, a composer from Munich, capital of Bavaria. Hans Glockenkrantz's mother, Anneliese Glockenkrantz, was a woman of great beauty, very fond of music, literature, and sculptors. The father... was in the war. One day, at the age of three, little Hans approached the piano in the living room and played it with his hands. His mother, seeing this, shouted: 'Hans.' The boy, surprised at fault, replied: 'What do you want, mother?'. Hans Glockenkrantz's life would be filled with episodes like this. Still a teenager, he composed the first of his famous works, the popular anthem dedicated to his native Bavaria titled: 'Beer is a Bavarian thing.' But his masterpiece is the imposing tetralogy 'We are Nibelungs' composed of a prologue that is no longer performed and three superb musical dramas, the first of which has unfortunately been lost. Of the other two, one was never premiered and Glockenkrantz's death prevented him from composing the last.

It is precisely to this last one that the scene that will be heard next belongs. It is 'Death and Farewell of the god Brotan'. So that the depth of the dramatic conflict is fully captured by the Spanish-speaking audience, the present version features the participation of a simultaneous translator. Les Luthiers then perform: 'Death and Farewell of the god Brotan' from 'We are Nibelungs' by Hans Glockenkrantz.

Jorge Maronna: The scene, in a shady corner of the Black Forest, among thickets, bushes, and groves. The sky is darkening, so that three thickets are almost blurred, two bushes are barely distinguishable, and a grove cannot be seen. The god Brotan appears, prey to anger and despair. Brotan is desperate because of the dwarf Basilio von Koch, who has kidnapped Gretchen, goddess of virginity.

Marcos Mundstock: Ah, Basilius von Koch, you defy the wrath of King Brotan
Jorge Maronna: Oh Basilio von Koch, you have defied the wrath of the god Brotan.
Marcos Mundstock: My heart is melting in spasms of pain
Jorge Maronna: My heart is melting in spasms of pain.
Marcos Mundstock: Why, why am I so unhappy, I'm sorry all over
Jorge Maronna: Why am I so unhappy, so...
Marcos Mundstock: I'm sorry all over!
Jorge Maronna: ...such a goose.
Marcos Mundstock: the dwarf is to blame
Jorge Maronna: The blame lies with the dwarf.
Marcos Mundstock: you, contemptible dwarf, oh Basilius so cheeky, corrupt, and cowardly
Jorge Maronna: And you, despicable dwarf, oh Basilio, so insolent, corrupt, and cowardly.
Marcos Mundstock: Oh Basilius!
Jorge Maronna: Oh Basilio!
Marcos Mundstock: Oh Basilius!
Jorge Maronna: Oh Basilio!
Marcos Mundstock: Oh Basilius!
Jorge Maronna: Oh Basilio!
Marcos Mundstock: Oh!
Jorge Maronna: Oh!
Marcos Mundstock: a villain
Jorge Maronna: A villain!
Marcos Mundstock: a traitor
Jorge Maronna: Traitor!
Marcos Mundstock: vile creature of evil forces
Jorge Maronna: Vile creature of evil forces.
Marcos Mundstock: Direct descendant in the first degree of a courtesan of dubious morals.
Jorge Maronna: Direct descendant in the first degree of a courtesan of dubious morals.

Marcos Mundstock: Your mother is a sinful slut who practices a certain, profession!
Jorge Maronna: Your mother...
Chorus: No!
Marcos Mundstock: Oh thunder, my power over the thunder
Jorge Maronna: Brotan remembers his power over thunder to express his despair.
Marcos Mundstock: Where are you, where are you with all your purity
Jorge Maronna: Where are you, with all your purity?
Marcos Mundstock: Where are you
Jorge Maronna: Where are you?
Marcos Mundstock: Where are you
Jorge Maronna: Where are you?
Marcos Mundstock: Where are you. You
Jorge Maronna: You
Marcos Mundstock: you
Jorge Maronna: You
Marcos Mundstock: you
Jorge Maronna: You
Chorus: You you dubi-du you are my heart you dubi dudu
Jorge Maronna: You are my heart, dubi, dubi.
Marcos Mundstock: Oh, unfathomable fate of the gods
Jorge Maronna: Oh, unfathomable fate of the gods
Marcos Mundstock: Oh, Gretchen goddess
Jorge Maronna: Oh, Gretchen, goddess of virginity
Marcos Mundstock: I hardly know who I am
Jorge Maronna: I hardly know who I am.
Marcos Mundstock: I don't recognize day or night
Jorge Maronna: I confuse day and night... jt.
Marcos Mundstock: What is this opera?
Jorge Maronna: What opera is this?
Marcos Mundstock: No! No!
Jorge Maronna: Nine, nine.
Marcos Mundstock: Gretchen, ex-goddess of virginity who, due to her health, has resigned from her position, shows her marriage to the dwarf Basilius
Jorge Maronna: Gretchen, ex-goddess of virginity who, due to her health, has resigned from her position, shows her marriage to the dwarf Basilio.
Marcos Mundstock: Hahaha... hahaha... aahhh... Broken into ten pieces
Jorge Maronna: Ten pieces... ten pieces... ten chunks... I'll be damned in ten!
Marcos Mundstock: The comedy is ...and... The comedy is over.