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general information

composition date: 1945
duration: 2h 30 min
editor: Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee: 'for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, dedicated to the memory of Natalie Koussevitzky'
Opus: 33
Libretto (details, author): Montagu Slater, d’après un poème de George Crabbe

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist: 3 solo sopranos, solo mezzo-soprano, solo contralto, 3 solo tenors, 2 solo baritones, 2 solo bass voices

2 oboes, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets [aussi sur scène], 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 percussionists [1 aussi sur scène], timpani, harp, celesta, organ, piano [ad lib., sur scène], violin [sur scène], double bass [sur scène]

information about the creation

date: June 7, 1945
: Londres, Sadler's Wells Theatre
interpreters: The Sadler's Wells Opera Company, direction : Reginald Goodall. Producteur : Eric Crozier, décor : Kenneth Green.

observations

Rôles principaux : soprano, contralto, ténor, baryton
Rôles secondaires : 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 ténors, 2 barytons, 2 basses

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