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Description:
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Opera in III
Acts and Eight Scenes |
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Notes:
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Time
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Thirteenth
Century |
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Place:
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Italy |
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Premiere
Date:
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November 28,
1983 |
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Premiere
Location:
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Paris,
Palais Garnier, Théâtre National del' Opéra de Paris |
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Role
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Voice
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Classification
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Francis |
Baritone |
L |
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Angel |
Soprano |
L |
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Leper |
Tenor |
F |
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Léon |
Baritone |
S |
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Massée |
Tenor |
S |
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Bernard |
Bass |
S |
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Élie |
Tenor |
B |
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Silvestre |
Bass |
B |
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Rufin
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Bass |
B
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Minimum
Chorus:
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150
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SATB
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as
specified by composer, and required by the publisher |
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Time:
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The Present
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Place:
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A quarter of New York known as Little Italy
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Premiere Date:
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December 27, 1954
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Premiere Location:
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New York.
Broadway Theatre
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Annina
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Soprano
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L
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Michele
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Tenor
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L
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Carmela
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Soprano
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F
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Maria
Corona
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Assunta
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Soprano
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F
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Desideria
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Don
Marco
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Bass
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F
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Salvatore
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Baritone
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S
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A
Young Man
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Tenor
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B
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A
Young Woman
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Soprano
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B
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An
Old Woman (One woman)
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Soprano
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B
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Concettina
(5 yrs. Old)
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B
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Dumb
Son of Maria Corona (16 yrs. Old)
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B
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Bartender
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Bass
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B
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First
Guest (One Tenor)
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Tenor
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B
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Second
Guest (One Baritone)
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Baritone
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B
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A
Girl (Act 1, sc. 2 – 2 meas)
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Speaking
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CB
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*A
Man’s Voice (off-stage Act
I, sc. 2
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Tenor
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CB
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Old
Man (Act II, sc.1 )
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Bass
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CB
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One
Tenor (Act III, sc.2)
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Tenor
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CB
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One
Bass (Act III, sc. 2)
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Bass
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CB
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A
Nun
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Mute
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A
Young Priest
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Mute
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Minimum Chorus:
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18
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Neighbors, Wedding guests, etc. (children)
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Divisi:
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SSAATB
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Notes #2:
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*A
Man’s Voice (off-stage) may be performed by A Young Man
or First Guest.
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Opera:
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Salome
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Orig. Language:
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German
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Composer:
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R. Strauss
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Librettist:
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Hedwig Lachmann
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Description:
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Opera in I Act
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Notes:
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Text from Oscar Wilde’s play translated
into German.
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Time:
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About 30 A.D.
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Place:
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The Palace of Herod at Tiberias, Galilee
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Premiere Date:
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December 9, 1905
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Premiere Location:
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Dresden.
Court Opera
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Salome
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Soprano
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L
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Herod Antipas
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Tenor
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L
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Jokanaan
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Baritone
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L
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Herodias
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Narraboth
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Tenor
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F
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Page of Herodias
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Contralto
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S
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First Nazarene
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Bass
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S
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First Soldier
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Bass
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S
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Second Soldier
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Bass
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S
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Five Jews
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4 Tenors, 1 Bass
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S
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Second Nazarene
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Tenor
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B
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A Slave
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Soprano or Mezzo Soprano
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B
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A Cappadocian
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Bass
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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No Chorus
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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Samson
e Dalila
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Orig. Language:
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French
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Composer:
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Saint-Saëns
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Librettist:
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Ferdinand Lemaire
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Biblical subject
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Time:
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B.C.
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Place:
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Gaza
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Premiere Date:
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December 2, 1877
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Premiere Location:
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Weimar.
Court Theatre (in German).
Paris (1890)
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Samson
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Tenor
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L
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Dalila
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Mezzo-Soprano
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L
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High Priest of Dagon
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Baritone
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L
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An Old Hebrew
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Bass
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S
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Abimelech
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Bass
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S
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The Philistines’ Messenger
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Tenor
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B
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1st & 2nd
Philistines
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Tenor & Bass
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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32
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Hebrews, Philistines
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Divisi:
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Four voices
SATB.
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Opera:
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Schweigsame
Frau, Die
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The
Silent Woman
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Orig. Language:
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German
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Composer:
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R. Strauss
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Librettist:
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Stefan Zweig
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Text freely adapted from Ben Jonson’s
comedy “Epicoene, or the Silent Woman”
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Time:
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About 1780
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Place:
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A room in Sir Morsus’ house in a London
Suburb
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Premiere Date:
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June 24, 1935
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Premiere Location:
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Dresden
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