Music Text
Libretto after Scholom Aleichem, translated by Siegmund Bendkower (G)
Scoring
S,M,3T,3Bar,2B,2mimes; 2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(2-3):xyl/vib/glsp/tgl/cyms/SD/BD/tamb/3tom-t/gong-cel-harp-pft(on stage)-strings
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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
25/09/1969
Deutsche Oper, Berlin
Gustav Rudolf Sellner, director / Deutsche Oper Berlin / Heinrich Hollreiser
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Martha Mödl / Günter Reich / Dorothea Weiß / Musikalische Leitung: Heinrich Hollreiser / Regie: Gustav Rudolf Sellner (Deutsche Oper Berlin 1970)
Arthaus Musik 102 185 (DVD)