Opera
Opera Vaughan Williams 28 Alastair Muir The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains Vocal and instrumental scores on hire 9780193393905 2 fl, ob, ca, str (min: 2.2.2.2.1; max: 6.6.4.4.2); offstage: 2 tpt, hp, 3 bells Pilgrim baritone First Shepherd baritone Second Shepherd tenor Third Shepherd bass Celestial Messenger tenor Voice of a Bird soprano This ‘pastoral episode’ was composed as an independent stage work in 1922 but was later incorporated into The Pilgrim’s Progress (1951) with its final scene omitted. The tranquil music reflects the rural setting, with expressive solo instrumental lines adorning mellow vocal melodies. The work features six solo singing roles, offstage women’s chorus, and chamber orchestra. 23 minutes Sir John in Love - British Youth Opera, 2022 ed. David Lloyd-Jones Sir John in Love Second edition Vocal and instrumental scores on hire 9780193543645 Study score 9780193524682 2 fl, 2 ob (+ca), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, tbn, timp, perc (rattle, bell, cym, sd, bd, tri, tamb, sus cym, glock, xylo), hp, str Sir John Falstaff baritone Anne Page soprano Mistress Page soprano Mistress Ford soprano Mistress Quickly contralto Fenton tenor Doctor Caius tenor Frank Ford bass Robert Shallow tenor or baritone Sir Hugh Evans baritone Master Slender tenor Simple tenor or baritone Master George Page baritone Bardolph tenor Corporal Nym baritone Ancient Pistol bass Rugby bass The Host of the Garter Inn baritone Robin non-singing John baritone Robert baritone This four-act comic opera celebrating Shakespeare’s Sir John Falstaff was given it first professional performance in 1946. The libretto, written by the composer, is based on The Merry Wives of Windsor and interpolates texts by contemporaries of Shakespeare such as Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Thomas Campion. The work contains English folksong material and fine examples of the composer’s orchestral lyricism and dramatic flair. Music from the opera was later adapted to form the cantata In Windsor Forest and the Fantasia on Greensleeves. This comprehensive new edition draws on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score with critical commentary. The performance materials are newly engraved. 125 minutes
ed. Michael Burden The Bear William Walton Full score 9780193384439 Vocal and instrumental scores on hire 9780193376861 Vocal score 9780193366145 fl (+picc), ob (+ca), cl, bsn, hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc, hp, pno, str quintet or full str Yelena Ivanovna Popova mezzo-soprano Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov baritone Luka bass The Cook spoken The Groom spoken The Bear was commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation in 1965 and first performed at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1967. The opera, based on a short story of Chekhov, has a libretto by Paul Dehn. The action takes place in the drawing room of Madam Popova’s house in the country in 1888. Popova, a pretty widow affectedly faithful to the memory of her late and, alas, promiscuous, husband is confronted by Smirnov, one of her husband’s creditors. They quarrel to a point at which each aims a loaded pistol at the other . . . neither can fire. They have both fallen helplessly in love. This newly engraved edition of the vocal score, with German translation by Ernst Roth and piano arrangement by Roy Douglas, is fully compatible with the full score and parts edited by Michael Burden. 50 minutes The Bear - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 2016 adapt. Jonathan Lyness The Bear Chamber version Vocal and instrumental scores on hire 9780193520714 bsn, vln/vla, hp, pno, perc This chamber version is sensitively adapted from the original score as found in the William Walton Edition. The arrangement skilfully preserves the essence of Walton’s orchestration while being practical and portable. The full score and parts available on hire are compatible with the OUP vocal score. 50 minutes K. K. Dundas Opera Walton 29
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