Les Brigands (OEK critical edition)
(Die Banditen / The Bandits) (1869/78)Opéra-bouffe in three acts
Duration: 150'
Music Text
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy; original German version by Richard Genée; new German version by Stefan Troßbach; new English version by W.S. Gilbert, revised by Richard Duployen (F,G,E)
Scoring
8S,S(M),2M,7T,buffoT,2T(Bar),2Bar,BBar; 2 speakers; chorus;
2(II=picc).1.2.1-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-strings;
Viennese orchestration: 2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-strings
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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
10/12/1869
Théâtre des Variétés, Paris
unknown
World premiere of version
11/07/2004
Kleines Haus, Gelsenkirchen
Immo Karaman, director / Ensemble Musiktheater im Revier / Cosima Sophia Osthoff
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