Music Text
Libretto by the composer (E)
Scoring
Major roles: S,T,BBar,B; minor roles: 2S,M,T,2Bar,B; chorus
3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.3-4.2.2crt.3.1-timp.perc:cym/tgl/glsp-harp-
strings
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Opera
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World Premiere
04/05/1953
New Theatre, Oxford
Dennis Arundell, director / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Beecham
