Orphée aux Enfers (OEK critical edition: 1858/1874 mixed version)
(Orpheus in der Unterwelt / Orpheus in the Underworld) (1858/74)Opéra-bouffon in two acts (four scenes)
Duration: 150'
Music Text
Libretto by Hector Crémieux (with the collaboration of Ludovic Halévy); original German version by Ludwig Kalisch (1858 version), German translation of inserts by Frank Harders-Wuthenow; new German versions by Wolfgang Quetes or Günter Selling (F,G)
Scoring
5S,2M,4T,Bar,B,actor; chorus; ballet;
2(I,II=picc).1.2.1-2.2.1.0-timp.perc(2)-strings;
alternative scoring: 2(II=picc).2.2.2-2.2.3.0-timp.perc(2):BD/TB/cym/tamb/tgl-strings; on-stage:fl.picc-2tpt.3trbn.ophicleide-perc:BD/SD/cym
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B&B
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This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
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