Comic operetta in two acts (adaption of New York City Opera House version by Mauceri, Miller and Wells)
Music Text Book by Hugh Wheeler, after Voltaire. Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein (E).
ScoringMajor roles: S,2M,T,T/Bar,Bar; minor roles: 2S,4T,6Bar,2B; chorus
2(II=picc).1(=corA).2(I=Ebcl,ssax ad lib).1-2.2.2.1-timp.perc(2):SD/
TD/BD/tamb/bongos/maracas/hand drs/tgl/susp.cym/cyms/tam-t/cast/
wdbls/gourd/xyl/glsp/vib/chimes-
harp-strings
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World premiere of version5/17/1988
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Jonathan Miller, director / Scottish Opera / John Mauceri
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