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).
Abbreviations (PDF).

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.


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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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