Music Text
Libretto by John Olon-Scrymgeour, based on the character from 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens (E)
Scoring
colS,2mimes
1.1.1.1-1.1.0.1-timp.perc(1):t.bells/tam-t/tpl.bl/tamb/SD/BD/tgl/
cyms/susp.cyms/glsp/wdbl/wind chimes-harp-organ-pft(=cel)-
strings (1.1.1.1.1)
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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
01/05/1981
Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
H. Wesley Balk, director / Minnesota Opera / Philip Brunelle
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Linda Mabbs, Sinfonia of St Cecilia, Sara Watkins
Koch International Classics 7388
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