The Knot Garden

composer: Sir Michael Tippett
librettist: Sir Michael Tippett

Opera in three acts

Text by the composer (e./d.)

Orchestra instrumentation: 2 (2pic).1.ca.Ebcl.2 (2: bcl).1.cbn-4.4.2.1-timp.3perc (s.d., t.d., b.d., jazz kit, cym., sus.cym., w.bl., t.bl., tamb., casts., wh., metal bar or heavy triangle, tam-tam, xyl., vib., glock., claves, small rattle)-hp.cel.pno.egtr/ehpd-str Reduced version: 1 (pic).1 (ca).1 (Ebcl, bcl).1 (cbn)-3.2.2.0-2perc (timp., t.d., jazz kit, cym., t.bl., tamb., casts., metal bar or heavy tri., tam-tam, vib., glock., tub.bells, cl., rattle)-hp.pno (cel).egtr-str: 3 vns (3: va).va.vc.db
Cast of characters: Faber, a civil engineer aged about 35 · robust baritone - Thea, his wife; a gardener · dramatic mezzo - Flora, their ward, an adolescent girl · light high soprano - Dennis, Thea's sister; a dedicated Freedom-fighter · dramatic soprano - Mel, a negro writer in his late twenties · lyric bass baritone - Dov, his white friend; a musician · lyric tenor - Mangus, an analyst · high tenor baritone
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 80' 0''
Year of composition: 1966/1970
Language: English - German
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