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general information

composition date: 1953
revisition date: 1966
duration: 2h 30 min
editor: Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee: 'This work is dedicated by gracious permission to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II'
Opus: 53
Libretto (details, author): William Plomer d'après Lytton Strachey, Elizabeth and Essex

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist: 3 solo sopranos [dont 2 rôles principaux], 2 solo mezzo-sopranos [dont 1 rôle principal], 3 solo tenors [dont un rôle principal], 4 solo baritones [dont 3 rôles principaux], 3 solo bass voices [dont un rôle principal]

3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, timpani, harp

information about the creation

date: June 8, 1953
: Londres, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
interpreters: Royal Opera, Covent Garden, direction : John Pritchard, mise en scène : Basil Coleman, chorégraphe : John Cranko.

observations

Sur scène : instruments historiques (cordes, pipe, tabor, gittern, percussions, harpe, trompettes…) et ballet.

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