• General information
  • Composition date: 1966 - 1970
    
  • Duration: 1 h 20 mn
  • Publisher: Schott
  • Commission: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  • Libretto (details, author):

    Sir Michael Tippett.

• Type
  • Vocal music and instrument(s) [Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and orchestra]

Premiere information

• Date: 2 December 1970
  Location:

  Royaume-Uni, Londres, Royal Opera House

  
  Performers:

  Jill Gomez, Josephine Barstow, Yvonne Minton, Robert Tear, Thomas Hemsley, Raymund Herincx, Thomas Carey (solistes), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, direction : Sir Colin Davis, mise en scène : Sir Peter Hall.