Barab, Seymour: Chanticleer (1955) 40'
Comic opera in one act
Music Text
Libretto by M C Richards after Chaucer's `The Nun's Priest's Tale' (E)
Scoring
lyrS,M,T,Bar 1.1.2.1-2.1.1.0-timp.perc(1):large gong/susp.cym/bells/BD/ finger cyms/SD/xyl/wdbl/tamb/tgl-harp-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
8/4/1956
Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Music School
Comic opera in one act
Music Text
Libretto by M C Richards after Chaucer's `The Nun's Priest's Tale' (E)
Scoring
lyrS,M,T,Bar 1.1.2.1-2.1.1.0-timp.perc(1):large gong/susp.cym/bells/BD/ finger cyms/SD/xyl/wdbl/tamb/tgl-harp-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
8/4/1956
Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Music School
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