Instrumentation

timp - perc(2): t.bell/cyms/tam-t/TD/BD/susp.cym - harpsichord - strings

Availability

Full score 0-571-51099-X and vocal score 0-571-50521-X on sale, parts for hire

Reviews

". . .has an extraordinary bleakness, like cold stone in winter sunlight. The instruments, mainly strings and percussion, are systematically drained of color, yet the final moments offer some of the most delicate orchestration ever written." Bernard Holland, The New York Times, 19 February 1994

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Geoffrey Paterson has withdrawn due to travel restrictions

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Ensemble 10/10/Jennifer Johnston/Martyn Brabbins

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+ streamed on ROH website

Royal Opera House (London, United Kingdom)

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Theater Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Elias Grandy/Andrea Schwalbach/Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg

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Theater Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Elias Grandy/Andrea Schwalbach/Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg

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Auditorium, Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre (Cape Town, South Africa)

Ané Pretorius/Gary Mathewman/The Cape Town Opera Company

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