Scoring
2S,M,A,2T,2Bar,B,speaker; chorus
2(II=picc).1.corA.2(II=bcl).2-2.2.2.0-timp.perc(2):glsp/tgl/SD/wdbl/
xyl/susp.cym/ratchet/BD/slap stick/tabor/sandpaper-harp-pft(ad lib)-
strings
Chamber version by Murry Sidlin (1987):
1.0.1.1-0.0.0.0-pft-strings(4.0.2.2.1)
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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
in der ganzen Welt.
Availability
Uraufführung
4/1/1954
City Center, New York, NY
Jerome Robbins, director / New York City Opera / Thomas Schippers
Erstaufführung der Fassung
5/20/1955
Oberlin College
Oberlin Conservatory Opera Laboratory
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Elisabeth Comeaux, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, LeRoy Lehr, Dan Dressen, James Bohn, Vern Sutton, Agnes Smuda, Merle Fristad, Sue Herber, Plymouth Music Series Chorus, Plymouth Music Series Orchestra, Philip Brunelle
Virgin Classics VCD7592532
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