Christiane Karg Festival in 2006, as Melia in Mozart's "Apollo et Hyacinthus" and as Weltgeist in his "Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots". A year later she appeared there as Madame Silberklang in his "Der Schauspieldirektor" and in a title role of his "Bastien und Bastienne". From the 2008/09 season, Karg was a member of the Frankfurt Opera where she appeared as Susanna in Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro", as Pamina in his "Die Zauberflöte", as Musetta in Puccini's "La bohème", Zdenka in "Arabella" by Richard Strauss, and the title role in Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande". She appeared as Sophie in "Der Rosenkavalier"
The Mandarin's Son The Mandarin's Son The Mandarin's Son ("Сын мандарина" in Cyrillic; "Syn mandarina" in transliteration) is comic opera in one act by César Cui, composed in 1859. The libretto, which includes spoken dialogue, was written by Viktor Krylov. No small influence for this work came from the French composer Daniel Auber, particularly his "Le cheval de bronze", which had a similar setting, and was being performed in Saint Petersburg at the time. Cui dedicated this opera to his bride, Mal'vina Bamberg. (They had married the previous year.) The orchestration is credited to Mily Balakirev. The first performance of "The Mandarin's Son"