Music Text
Libretto by the composer after Oscar Wilde and Christina Rossetti (E)
Scoring
Major roles: S,M,T; minor roles from chamber chorus: 2S,2A,2T,2B
1(=picc).1.1.1-1.1.1.0-perc(3):tgl/indian jingles/pagoda jingles/BD/
bamboo pipes/maracas/whip/susp.cym/Chin.gong/Javanese gong/tam-t/xyl/
glsp/vib/t.bells-harp-cel-strings(1.1.1.1.1)
Abbreviations (PDF)
Opera
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Publisher
Sikorski
World Premiere
08/07/1994
Almeida Theatre, London
Julian McGowan, des / Caroline Gawn, dir / Rachael Hallawell, Philip Sheffield, Carol Smith / David Parry
Subjects