- General information
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Composition date:
1952 - 1954
Revision dates: 1954 - 1955
- Duration: 1 h 40 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author):
Horace Everett (pseudonyme d'Erik Johns)
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Composition date:
1952 - 1954
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
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
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Date:
1 April 1954
Location:(en deux actes) États-Unis, Ossining, NY
Performers:le New York City Opera, direction : Thomas Schippers.
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Date:
20 May 1955
Location:(en trois actes) États-Unis, Oberlin, OH.