Mascagni, Pietro: William Ratcliff (Guglielmo Ratcliff) (1882-89/93-94) 120'
Opera in four acts
Music Text Deutsch
Libretto based on the poem of the same title by Heinrich Heine, translated by Andrea Maffei; German version by Emil Taubert (I,G)
Scoring
S,2M,5T,2Bar,4B; mixed chorus; 2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3):BD/cym/SD/tam-t/glsp/tgl-2harp-strings; on-stage: ob.2bn-hn.5trbn-perc:bells (This work is published and distributed for stage performances by Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock in Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and in German speaking Switzerland.).
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes Bote & Bock for Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Switzerland (German) .
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
2/16/1895
Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Bauda, director / Giovanni Battista De Negri (Ratcliff) / Adelina Stehle (Maria) / Giuseppe Pacini (Douglas) / Renée V / Pietro Mascagni
Recommended Recording
Agora Musica (Ita)
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Opera in four acts
Music Text Deutsch
Libretto based on the poem of the same title by Heinrich Heine, translated by Andrea Maffei; German version by Emil Taubert (I,G)
Scoring
S,2M,5T,2Bar,4B; mixed chorus; 2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3):BD/cym/SD/tam-t/glsp/tgl-2harp-strings; on-stage: ob.2bn-hn.5trbn-perc:bells (This work is published and distributed for stage performances by Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock in Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and in German speaking Switzerland.).
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes Bote & Bock for Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Switzerland (German) .
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
2/16/1895
Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Bauda, director / Giovanni Battista De Negri (Ratcliff) / Adelina Stehle (Maria) / Giuseppe Pacini (Douglas) / Renée V / Pietro Mascagni
Recommended Recording
Agora Musica (Ita)
Click here to purchase this CD from Amazon
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