- General information
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Composition date:
1945 - feb 1945
- Duration: 2 h 30 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 33
- Dedication: 'for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, dedicated to the memory of Natalie Koussevitzky'
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Libretto (details, author):
Montagu Slater, d’après un poème de George Crabbe
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Composition date:
1945 - feb 1945
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 3 solo sopranos, 1 solo mezzo-soprano, 1 solo contralto, 3 solo tenors, 2 solo baritones, 2 solo bass voices
- mixed choir
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets [aussi sur scène] , 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 percussionists [1 aussi sur scène] , 1 timpani, 1 harp, 1 celesta, 1 organ, 1 piano [ad lib., sur scène] , strings, 1 violin [sur scène] , 1 double bass [sur scène]
Premiere information
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Date:
7 June 1945
Location:Londres, Sadler's Wells Theatre
Performers: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