general information

composition date
1952-1954
revisition date
1954
duration
1h 40 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author)

Horace Everett (pseudonyme d'Erik Johns)

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 solo sopranos, solo contralto, 2 solo tenors, 2 solo baritones, solo bass voice, narrator, solo mezzo-soprano

2 flutes (also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, English horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 percussionists, timpani, 2 horns, piano [ad lib.], harp

information about the creation

date
April 1, 1954

(en deux actes) États-Unis, Ossining, NY

interpreters

le New York City Opera, direction : Thomas Schippers.


date
May 20, 1955

(en trois actes) États-Unis, Oberlin, OH.


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