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.)
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.)
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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