Music Text
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (G,Cz,E,F,I)
Scoring
Major roles: 2dramS,M,T,Bar; minor roles: 5S,2M,A,T,2B,mimes; chorus
3(III=picc).picc.3(III=corA).heckelphone.4.Ebcl.2bhn.bcl.3.dbn-
8(V-VIII=ttba).6.btpt.4.1-timp(2).perc(3-4):glsp/tgl/
tamb/SD/whip/cyms/BD/tam-t-cel-2harp-strings(vln8.8.8,
vla6(=vlnIV).6.6,vlc6.6,db8)
Reduced version (Strauss):
3(II,III=picc).3(III=corA).3(III=Ebcl/A).bcl.3(III=dbn)
-4.6.3.1-timp.perc(3-4):glsp/tgl/tamb/SD/whip/cyms/BD/cyms/tam-t/2cast-
2harp-strings(vln8.8.8.vla6.6.6.vlc6.6.db8)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.
Opera
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World Premiere
25/01/1909
Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden Hofoper / Ernst von Schuch
