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Music Text

Libretto by Cedric Cliffe after the novel by Charles Dickens (E)

Scoring

Major roles: dramS,lyrS,2T,Bar
minor roles: S,lyrS,3A,4T,4Bar,4B,3speakers,child mime; chorus
3.2.2.2-4.0.3.1-timp.perc:glsp/tamb/SD/TD/BD/cyms/gong/chains/tgl/
coconut shells-harp-cel-pft-strings

Abbreviations (PDF)

Opera
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Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes

Territory
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Availability

World Premiere
17/04/1953
BBC, London
BBC Broadcast / Arthur Benjamin
World stage premiere
22/07/1957
Sadler's Wells, London
Anthony Besch, director / New Opera Company / Leon Lovett
Subjects
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