Music Text
Libretto by the composer and Christopher Hassall after Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy (E,G). Performing Edition (1991) by David Drew.
Orchesterbesetzung
Major roles: S,2M,2T,2Bar,B; small roles: T,B,3speakers;
chorus; dancers
2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2-4.2.2.euph.1-timp.perc(3):xyl/cast/rattle/
3Chin.tom-t/Korean tpl.bl/tamb/SD/BD/cyms/2susp.cyms/tam-t-
cel-harp-strings
Vertriebsgebiet
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Opern
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World stage premiere
21/01/1992
Teatro Lirico Nacional, Madrid
Felicity Palmer, David Rendall, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Richard van Allan, Dir: Jose-Carlos Plaza / Madrid Opera / Antoni Ros Marba
