Polly
(1729)Ballad Opera after the version of Johann Christoph Pepusch and John Gay, revised and edited by Clifford Bax and Frederic Austin (1922)
Duration: 105'
Music Text
Text by John Gay (E)
Scoring
Major roles: S,3M,T,Bar; 24 minor roles; chorus;
1.1.1.1-tpt-perc:TD/SD-clavicembalo(hpd)-strings
Abbreviations (PDF)
Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
19/06/1777
Haymarket Theatre, London
unknown
World premiere of version
30/12/1922
Kingsway Theatre, London
Nigel Playfair, director / Eugene Goossens
Subjects