Music Text
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (G,Cz,E,F,I)
Scoring
Major roles: dramS,lyrS,Bar; minor roles: colS,M/A,2T
small roles: S,Bar,2B,10mimes; chorus
3(III=picc).2.corA.3.bcl.3(III=dbn)-4.3.3.1-timp.sleigh bells-harp-
strings
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
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for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.
Opera
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World Premiere
7/1/1933
Sächsisches Staatstheater Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden State Opera / Clemens Krauss
Sächsisches Staatstheater Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden State Opera / Clemens Krauss
Subjects
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