Instrumentation

Voice of Paul Bunyan(spoken),Johnny Inkslinger(T),HotBiscuit Slim(T),Sam Sharkey(T),Ben Benny(B),Hel Helson(Bar) 2(II=picc).1.2(II=asax).bcl.1 - 2221 - timp(=susp.cym)- perc(1): susp.cym/tgl/SD/TD/glsp/gong/BD+cym/cyms/wdbl/xyl/tamb/vib - pno(=cel) - harp - strings on stage vln.gtr.db

Availability

Full score 0-571-50680-1, vocal score (Eng) 0-571-50538-4, chorus part 0-571-50610-0, libretto 0-571-51938-5 on sale, parts for hire
Material for alternative version scored for two pianos and percussion (David Matthews) for hire

Reviews

"Catchy ballads, romantic numbers, parodies, character pieces, blues and big swinging choruses follow one another in rapid succession." Peter Heyworth, The Observer

Paul Bunyan (Voice(s)/Piano Reduction)

Benjamin Britten

£50.00

Paul Bunyan (Mixed Voices)

Benjamin Britten

£9.99

Paul Bunyan (Orchestra/Chorus/Soloists)

Benjamin Britten

£80.00

Paul Bunyan (Libretto)

Benjamin Britten, Wystan Hugh Auden

£6.50

Paul Bunyan

revival

Alexandra Palace (London, United Kingdom)

English National Opera/dir. Jamie Manton/James Henshaw

Paul Bunyan

revival

Alexandra Palace (London, United Kingdom)

English National Opera/dir. Jamie Manton/James Henshaw

Paul Bunyan

revival

Alexandra Palace (London, United Kingdom)

English National Opera/dir. Jamie Manton/James Henshaw

Paul Bunyan

Act 1 Scene 2 Tiny’s Song only Masterclass led by Gerald Finley

Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music (London, United Kingdom)

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Paul Bunyan

matinee

Wilton's Music Hall (London, United Kingdom)

English National Opera/Matthew Kofi Waldren/dir. Jamie Manton

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Fassbaender's Paul Bunyan a hit in Frankfurt

A rare performance of Britten's first stage work

Faber Music celebrates success at RPS Awards

This year's winners included George Benjamin (for 'Written on Skin'), Britten 100 and WNO (for 'Paul Bunyan').

‘Paul Bunyan’ receives due recognition...

Paul Bunyan is probably the closest Britten ever came to writing a musical. Musically charming and dreamlike, this remarkable collaboration with the poet W.H. Auden recreates the great myth of the American frontier – peopled by a giant, an accountant, singing geese and lumberjacks.

'Paul Bunyan' reviews

‘It is a marvelous libretto … and his brilliance was matched by Britten’s music, which absorbed the idioms of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Western country music and of Kurt Weill. The resulting score is dazzling in its imaginativeness and invention, touching and prophetic of Peter Grimes … A work that has genius written all over it.’ Opera Magazine,(Michael Kennedy)
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