Schwanda the Bagpiper
(Svanda Dudak / Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer) (1927)Folk opera in two acts
Duration: 115'
Scoring
Major roles: dramS,heldT,Bar; minor roles: dramM,B;
small roles: 5T,2B; chorus;
3(II,III=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-4.3(=bugles).3.1-
timp.perc(3): tgl/cyms/SD/BD/tam-t/tamb/xyl/glsp/carillon-2harp-cel-org-
strings;
Reduced scoring: 2(II=picc).2.2.2-3.2.2.0-timp.perc:3tgl/cyms/BD/SD/t
am-t/susp.cym/xyl/tamb/chimes/t.bells-org-cel-pft(ad lib)-strings
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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world excluding USA.
Availability
World Premiere
27/04/1927
National Theatre , Prague
National Theatre, Prague / Otakar Ostrcil
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Matjaz Robavs/Tatiana Monogarova/Ivan Choupenitch/Larisa Kostyuk/Wexford Festival Opera Chorus/National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus/Julian Reynolds
Naxos 8.660146-47