- General information
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Composition date:
1953 - 13 mar 1953
Revision dates: 1966
- Duration: 2 h 30 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 53
- Dedication: 'This work is dedicated by gracious permission to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II'
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Libretto (details, author):
William Plomer d’après Lytton Strachey, Elizabeth and Essex
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Composition date:
1953 - 13 mar 1953
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 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]
- mixed choir
- 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 4 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
8 June 1953
Location:Londres, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Performers: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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