Iolanta (Original edition)
(Iolanthe / Jolanta) op. 69 (1891)Lyric opera in one act
Duration: 97'
Music Text
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after the play 'King René's Daughter' by Henrik Hertz; German version by Hans Schmidt (R,G)
Scoring
2S,M,A,2T,2Bar,2B; chorus;
2.2(II=corA).2.0-4.2.3.1-timp-2harp-strings
Cyrillic vocal material with German phonetic notation available upon request
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Opera
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Publisher
Rahter
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
18/12/1892
Mariinski-Theater, St Petersburg
unknown
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Galina Gorchakova, Gegam Grigorian, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sergei Alexashkin, Nikolai Putilin, Larissa Dyadkova, Nikolai Gassiev, Tatiana Kravtsova, Olga Korzhenskaya, Gennadi Bezzubenkov/Kirov Opera/Valery Gergiev
Philips 442 796-2
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