A Month in the Country

composer: Lee Hoiby
librettist: William Ball
original text: Ivan Turgenev

opera in two acts, op. 24

libretto by William Ball
based on a play by Ivan Turgenev

Commissioned work: Commissioned by the New York City Opera Company with assistance from the Ford Foundation
Premiere: October 8, 1964 New York, NY (USA) · Conductor: Julius Rudel · Choir director: William Jonson · Staging: William Ball · Costumes: Patton Campbill · Stage design: Howard Bay · Organizer: New York City Opera Company
Orchestra instrumentation: 2(2.pic).1(ca).2(2.bcl).1-2.1.1.0-timp.1perc(glsp, xyl, cym, tam-t, tamb, s.d, tom-t, b.d)-hp.acc(off-stage).pno(off-stage)-str
Cast of characters: Mihail Mihailovitch Rakitin, an author in love with Natalia Petrovna · bass-baritone - Natalia Petrovna Islaeva, a countess · soprano - Arkady Sergeitch Islaev, her husband · tenor - Kolia, their son (age 7) - Vera Alexandrovna, Natalia's orphaned niece · lyric soprano - Anna Semyonovna, Arkady's mother · mezzo-soprano - Lisaveta Bogdanovna, her companion · coloratura soprano - Alexei Alexeivitch Belaev, Kolia's summer tutor · baritone - Doctor, a friend of the family · tenor - Fyodorov, a land owner · tenor
Publisher: Rock Valley Music Corporation (administered by Schott Music Corporation, New York)
Duration: 120' 0''
Year of composition: 1964
Language: English
Material on hire
Delivery rights: worldwide