Music Text
Libretto drawn by the composer from Oscar Wilde's tragedy (G,Cz,E,F,I)
Scoring
Major roles: S,M/A,T,3Bar; minor roles: A,5T,5B,mime
3.picc.2.corA.heckelphone.4.Ebcl.bcl.3.dbn-6.4.4.1-
timp(2).perc(6-7):tam-t/cyms/BD/SD/tamb/tgl/cast/glsp/xyl-
2harp-cel-harm-org-strings(16.16.10-12.10.8)
Reduced version(Strauss):
3(III=picc).2.corA.2.Ebcl.bcl.3(III=dbn)-4.3.3.1-
timp.perc(6-7):tam-t/cyms/BD/SD/tamb/tgl/cast/glsp/xyl-harp-cel-strings
(16.16.10-12.10.8)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.

World Premiere
12/9/1905Hofoper, Dresden
Dresden Hofoper / Ernst von Schuch