Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (G,Cz,E,F,I)
Major roles: 2dramS,M,T,Bar; minor roles: 5S,2M,A,T,2B,mimes; chorus
3(III=picc).picc.3(III=corA).heckelphone.4.Ebcl.2bhn.bcl.3.dbn-
8(V-VIII=ttba).6.btpt.4.1-timp(2).perc(3-4):glsp/tgl/
tamb/SD/whip/cyms/BD/tam-t-cel-2harp-strings(vln8.8.8,
vla6(=vlnIV).6.6,vlc6.6,db8)
Reduced version (Strauss):
3(II,III=picc).3(III=corA).3(III=Ebcl/A).bcl.3(III=dbn)
-4.6.3.1-timp.perc(3-4):glsp/tgl/tamb/SD/whip/cyms/BD/cyms/tam-t/2cast-
2harp-strings(vln8.8.8.vla6.6.6.vlc6.6.db8)
Abbreviations (PDF)
Boosey & Hawkes
Opera
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Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden Hofoper / Ernst von Schuch
Birgit Nilsson, Regina Resnik, Marie Collier, Gerhard Stolze, Tom Krause, Tugomir Franc, Margareta Sjöstedt, Margarita Lilowa, Gerhard Unger, Leo Heppe, Pauline Tinsley, Helen Watts, Maureen Lehane, Yvonne Minton, Jane Cook, Felicia Weathers, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Decca 4173452