William Ratcliff
(Guglielmo Ratcliff) (1882-89/93-94)Opera in four acts
Duration: 120'
Music Text
Libretto based on the poem of the same title by Heinrich Heine, translated by Andrea Maffei; German version by Emil Taubert (I,G)
Scoring
S,2M,5T,2Bar,4B; mixed chorus;
2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3):BD/cym/SD/tam-t/glsp/tgl-2harp-strings;
on-stage: ob.2bn-hn.5trbn-perc:bells
(This work is published and distributed for stage performances by Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock in Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and in German speaking Switzerland.)
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
Bote & Bock for Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Switzerland (German) .
Availability
World Premiere
2/16/1895
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Bauda, director / Giovanni Battista De Negri (Ratcliff) / Adelina Stehle (Maria) / Giuseppe Pacini (Douglas) / Renée V / Pietro Mascagni
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Agora Musica (Ita)
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