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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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.
Availability
World Premiere
01/07/1933
Sächsisches Staatstheater Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden State Opera / Clemens Krauss
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Lisa della Casa/Hilde Gueden/George London/Otto Edelmann/Ira Malaniuk/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Georg Solti
Decca 460-230-2
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Kiri Te Kanawa/Gabriele Fontana/Franz Grundheber/Helga Dernesch/Peter Seiffert/Gilles Cachemaille/Kurt Rydl/Covent Garden Royal Opera House/Jeffrey Tate
Decca 417-623-2
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