Music Text
Original libretto by Charles Francis Keary, revised libretto by Douglas Craig and Andrew Page (E,G)
Scoring
Major roles: 2S,A,Bar,2B; minor roles: 3S,4A,T,B; chorus
3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.3.dbn-4.2.3.1-timp.perc:tgl/glsp/tamb/cyms/
BD/SD/tam-t-2harp-banjos-cowhorn(off-stage)-strings
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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
30/03/1904
Stadttheater, Elberfeld
Staattheater Elberfeld / Fritz Cassirer
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Eugene Holmes / Claudia Lindsey / Raimund Herincx / Keith Erwin / Jean Allister / Simon Estes / London Symphony Orchestra / John Alldis Choir / Sir Charles Groves
EMI Classics 585 142 2 (2003 reissue)
London Select Choir / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Beecham (excerpts)
Naxos Historical 8.110904
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