Doctor Ox's Experiment

composer: Gavin Bryars
librettist: Blake Morrison
author of original text: Jules Gabriel Verne
piano reduction: Paul Broom

Opera in 2 acts adapted from a novella by Jules Verne

Premiere: 15.06.1998 London, Coliseum English National Opera / James Holmes
Orchestra instrumentation: 2 (2pic).2 (1: obd'am, 2: ca).1.bcl.1.cbn-4.flhn.0.2.btbn.0-3perc (timp., b.d., tam-tam, sizz.cym.l, sus.cym., tub. bells, tuned c. b., crots., glock., vib., mar., mark tree, chinese b.tree, wind machine)-hp · ekeybd - str (6.6.5.4.3* min) * plus 1 improvising jazz player amplified and including at least one bass with a 5th string or low extension
Cast of characters: Suzel · soprano - Suzanne · soprano - Aunt Hermance · mezzo soprano - Frantz · counter tenor - Fritz · counter tenor - Doctor Ox · tenor - Ygène · baritone - Van Tricasse · bass-baritone - Passauf · bass - Niklausse · bass - Valentine · coloratura mezzo soprano - Raoul · tenor Choral soloists: soprano, 2 mezzo sopranos, 2 contraltos, 3 tenors, baritone - Chorus SATB
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 135' 0''
Year of composition: 1994/96
Edition: vocal/piano score
Language: English
328 Pages
ISMN: 979-0-2201-1853-1
Order number: ED 12570