Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

The Tender Land (1952 -1954)

opera in three acts


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1952 - 1954
      Revision dates : 1954 - 1955
    • Duration : 1 h 40 mn
    • Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author) :

      Horace Everett (pseudonyme d'Erik Johns)

Detailed formation
  • soloists : 2 solo sopranos, solo mezzo-soprano, solo contralto, 2 solo tenors, 2 solo baritones, solo bass voice, narrator
  • mixed choir
  • 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp, piano [ad lib.] , strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 1 April 1954
    Location :

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


    Performers :

    le New York City Opera, direction : Thomas Schippers.

  • Date : 20 May 1955
    Location :

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