- General information
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Composition date:
1970
- Duration: 1 h 46 mn
- Publisher: Faber Music
- Commission: 'British Broadcasting Corporation' pour la télévision
- Dedication: 'To Joan and Isador Caplan'
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Libretto (details, author):
Myfanwy Piper d’après Henry James
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Composition date:
1970
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 1 solo baritone [Owen Wingrave] , 1 solo bass-baritone [Spencer Coyle] , 3 solo tenors [Lechmere, General Sir Philip Wingrave, Ballad Singer] , 3 solo sopranos [MissWingrave, Mrs Coyle, Mrs Julian] , 1 solo mezzo-soprano [Kate]
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 tuba, 3 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 harp, 1 piano, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
16 May 1971
Location:Transmission télévisée
Performers:English Chamber Orchestra, direction : Benjamin Britten ; production : Colin Graham et Brian Large.
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Date:
10 May 1973
Location:Première représentation scénique
Performers:Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Steuart Bedfod : direction ; Colin Graham : production.