Martinu, Bohuslav: The Marriage (Zenitba) op. H.341 (1952) 61'
Comic opera in two acts
Music Text
Libretto by the composer, after the play by Nikolai Gogol (E,G,Cz)
Scoring
Major roles: S,M,A,T,Bar; minor roles: 2T,2B,2speakers 1.picc.2.2.2-2.2.0.1-timp.perc:cyms/BD/SD-pft-strings Reduced scoring by Udo Zimmermann and Rene Hirschfeld (1989): 2.1(=corA).1(=bcl).1(=dbn)-1.1.1.0-perc(1):timp/BD/SD/susp.cym/tgl- pft-strings(1.1.1.1.1)
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
2/7/1953
NBC TV Opera Theater, New York, New York
Peter Herman Adler, director / NBC TV Opera Theater / Guido Cantelli
World stage premiere
3/13/1954
Hamburg
Hamburg State Opera / Horst Stein
World premiere of version
9/21/1989
Opera Bonn, Werkstattbuhne
Behnke, Strauch, Szirmay, Wood / Beethovenhalle Orchestra / Udo Zimmerman
Recommended Recording
Vladimir Bauer, Josef Stefl, Brno Janácek Opera Orchestra, Václav Nosek
Supraphon SU33792
Comic opera in two acts
Music Text
Libretto by the composer, after the play by Nikolai Gogol (E,G,Cz)
Scoring
Major roles: S,M,A,T,Bar; minor roles: 2T,2B,2speakers 1.picc.2.2.2-2.2.0.1-timp.perc:cyms/BD/SD-pft-strings Reduced scoring by Udo Zimmermann and Rene Hirschfeld (1989): 2.1(=corA).1(=bcl).1(=dbn)-1.1.1.0-perc(1):timp/BD/SD/susp.cym/tgl- pft-strings(1.1.1.1.1)
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
2/7/1953
NBC TV Opera Theater, New York, New York
Peter Herman Adler, director / NBC TV Opera Theater / Guido Cantelli
World stage premiere
3/13/1954
Hamburg
Hamburg State Opera / Horst Stein
World premiere of version
9/21/1989
Opera Bonn, Werkstattbuhne
Behnke, Strauch, Szirmay, Wood / Beethovenhalle Orchestra / Udo Zimmerman
Recommended Recording
Vladimir Bauer, Josef Stefl, Brno Janácek Opera Orchestra, Václav Nosek
Supraphon SU33792
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