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Music Text

Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (G,Cz,E,F,I)

Scoring

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)

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Opera
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Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.

Availability

World Premiere
1/25/1909
Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden Hofoper / Ernst von Schuch
Subjects
Recommended Recording
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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

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